Slaughterhouse-Five (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: 1922-1976
- Setting: Dresden, Germany, and Ilium, New York
- Principal Characters: Billy Pilgrim, Valencia, Barbara, Robert, Montana Wildhack, Kurt Vonnegut, Bernard V. O’Hare
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Other worlds, 1940’s, World War II, 1920’s, 1930’s, Time travel, Bombs, Prophecy or prophets, Germany or German people, Time, Aliens, space
- Locales: Ilium, NY, Cape Cod, MA, Dresden, Germany
The Story:
Kurt Vonnegut and Bernard V. O’Hare went back to Dresden, Germany, on Guggenheim money in 1967. Before they left, Vonnegut went to O’Hare’s house and met his wife, Mary O’Hare. Mary was mad at Vonnegut; she knew he was going to write a book about World War II, and she was sure he was going to make war look glamorous and fun. Vonnegut insisted that he was not going to write a book that made war look glamorous, he would even subtitle the book “The Children’s Crusade.” This made her like him, and they started being friends.
While in Dresden,...
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