Cat's Cradle

Puh. Das Buch drückt die ganz tief sitzenden Ängste vor einem Armageddon aus. Very uncomfortable. UNd trotzdem lustig, wie es so Vonneguts Art ist (time for a re-read of Slaughterhouse-Five). Ein Blurb auf dem backcover: "Vonnegut looked the world straight in the eye and never flinched", und das trifft es ganz gut. Und er zwingt einen als Leser, auch hinzuschauen. Was mich ganz schön mitgenommen hat. Und das Wunder: das Buch ist nicht nihilistisch. Glaube ich. Anyway, ein Buch, das mit den Worten beginnt "Nothing in this book is true. Live by the [harmless untruths] that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy" ist ein Buch, das mir nur gefallen kann. Sometimes I think that's the trouble with the world: too many people in high places who are stone-cold dead. And I remembered The Fourteenth Book of Bokonon, which I had read in its entirety the night before. The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?" It doesn't take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period. This is it: "Nothing."

To me it wasn’t as funny as the blurb said. In retrospect it is somewhat funny… but kind of depressing as well. Also it needs to be updated regarding racist and ableist language.