{"product_id":"kurt-vonnegut-novels-stories-1950-1962-loa-226-player-piano-the-sirens-of-titan-mother-night-stories-hardcover","title":"Kurt Vonnegut: Novels \u0026 Stories 1950-1962 (Loa #226): Player Piano \/ The Sirens of Titan \/ Mother Night \/ Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKurt Vonnegut\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore winning international fame with \u003ci\u003eCat's Cradle \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/i\u003e, Kurt Vonnegut was a master of the drugstore paperback and the popular short story. This authoritative collection of his brilliant early work opens with \u003ci\u003ePlayer Piano\u003c\/i\u003e (1952), a \u003ci\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/i\u003e-like parable of breakneck technological innovation and its effect on those it robs of their livelihoods. \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens of Titan \u003c\/i\u003e(1959), the interplanetary adventures of the world's wealthiest and most despised man, is both a pulp-fiction space opera and a satire on the vanity of human striving. The confessions of a German-American double agent well placed among the Nazi elite, \u003ci\u003eMother Night \u003c\/i\u003e(1962) is a cautionary tale with a famous moral: \"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.\" Here too are six of Vonnegut's best short stories, gems that display his matchless talent for hilarious invention and caustic social criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA companion volume, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKurt Vonnegut: Novels \u0026amp; Stories 1963-1973\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, collects \u003ci\u003eCat's Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGod Bless You, Mr. Rosewater\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBreakfast of Champions\u003c\/i\u003e; and three short stories, including \"Welcome to the Monkey House.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSidney Offit, editor of The Library of America's four-volume Kurt Vonnegut edition, has written novels, books for young readers, and memoirs including, most recently, \u003ci\u003eFriends, Writers, and Other Countrymen\u003c\/i\u003e. He was senior editor of \u003ci\u003eIntellectual Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, book editor of \u003ci\u003ePolitics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e, and contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eBaseball Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the foreword to \u003ci\u003eLook at the Birdie\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of Kurt Vonnegut's unpublished short fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 864\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.1 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770918994208,"sku":"9781598531503","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/59adfcd5cc3d084cd347271ef08b3284.webp?v=1780380775","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/kurt-vonnegut-novels-stories-1950-1962-loa-226-player-piano-the-sirens-of-titan-mother-night-stories-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}