Slaughterhouse Five Shorts
Description: Prisoner of war, optometrist, time-traveller - these are the life roles of Billy Pilgrim, hero of this miraculously moving, bitter and funny story of innocence faced with apocalypse. Slaughterhouse 5 is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centring on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden in the Second World War, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
Description: Kurt Vonnegut was the master of mixing sharp wit with deep truths, turning science fiction into stories about life, war, and everything in between. He made us laugh at the chaos of war, question free will, and see the quirks of human existence in a whole new light. In Vonnegut’s world, life’s messy, but at least it’s funny. So it goes.
Description: In honor of the state of Florida removing Kurt Vonnegut's book "Slaughterhouse-Five" from school libraries, here's an assemblage of quotes from the author himself. Buy a poster as a gift for a high school English or Art classroom, a school or public library, for a bookish teenager, or for any writer, artist, or creative person.
Description: 'One Of The Few Good Things About Modern Times. If You Die Horribly On Television, You Will Not Have Died In Vain. You Will Have Entertained Us.' The Kurt Vonnegut Quote Design commemorates the cult American author of Slaughterhouse Five and Breakfast of Champions. In a career spanning over half a century Vonnegut published fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of non-fiction. He died in 2007 at the age of 84.
