Breakfast of Champions

Breakfast of Champions

Softcover
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Description

Discover Vonnegurt's funny absurdist novel about the human condition.

'Outrageous, witty, thought-provoking, unputdownable, scintillating, invigorating, ennobling, enlightening and masterly' Spectator

In a frolic of cartoon and comic outbursts against rule and reason, a miraculous weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce, Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum of American society, releasing some of his best-loved literary creations on the scene.

'Vonnegut explains everything from an apple to the pyramids...weird, fast and inventive' Daily Telegraph

Book Information

Main Genre
Novels
Sub Genre
Miscellaneous
Format
Softcover
Pages
294
Price
13.00 €

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Wo liegt die Grenze zwischen Fiktion und Realität?

Es gibt Bücher, in denen eine übergreifende Handlung nicht im Mittelpunkt steht - wie in "Breakfast of Champions". Vonnegut schreibt über Wahnsinn, Konsum und Banalitäten, schweift dabei oft ab und unterstreicht das alles mit simplen und zugleich skurrilen Zeichnungen. Am meisten faszinierte mich jedoch sein Schreibstil: nicht nur seine ironische, trockene Sprache und sein schwarzer Humor, sondern vor allem, dass er als Autor selbst in die Geschichte eintritt, sodass die Figuren und ihr Schöpfer aufeinandertreffen.

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140 pages deep into the book, I realised that I saw the film for this movie as a kid? Did my parents even try to supervise me?

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I love Vonneguts Cat's Craddle, Slaughterhouse Five and Mother Night. Breakfast of Champions, however, was like gibberish from a confused old white man (haha, vagina, haha n*****). After a third of the book I couldn't endure this nonsense any more. Maybe it used to be funny in the 70s but today it would probably end up in the trash if Vonneguts name wasn't so well-known.

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