Essential Vonnegut Interviews

by Kurt Vonnegut, Walter Miller Narrated by Kurt Vonnegut, Walter Miller

Overview

Over the course of Kurt Vonnegut's career as a writer, he sat down many times with radio host and interviewer Walter James Miller to conduct in-depth discussions of his work and the world. Now Caedmon has collected the best of these interviews on CD for the first time. This is the perfect audio collection for the Vonnegut fan who wants to understand the writer as he was, is, and will be.

Editorial Reviews

JUN/ JUL 07 - AudioFile

In three interviews with author Kurt Vonnegut—taped in 1971, 1983, and 2006—writer/interviewer Miller probes Vonnegut on the themes and theories behind some of his most popular works. Books discussed include THE SIRENS OF TITAN, SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, BETWEEN TIME AND TIMBUKTU, PALM SUNDAY, and A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Miller, apparently a friend of the author and a devotee (at one point, he dubs Vonnegut “the white knight of postmodern literature”), piles on the ponderous lit-crit queries and generally overreaches in an effort toward profundity. Vonnegut happily sidesteps the academic blather and, deft and plainspoken as always, delivers his unique brand of humor-laced cynicism with freshness and charm. M.G. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

JUN/JUL 07 - AudioFile

In three interviews with author Kurt Vonnegut—taped in 1971, 1983, and 2006—writer/interviewer Miller probes Vonnegut on the themes and theories behind some of his most popular works. Books discussed include THE SIRENS OF TITAN, SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, BETWEEN TIME AND TIMBUKTU, PALM SUNDAY, and A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Miller, apparently a friend of the author and a devotee (at one point, he dubs Vonnegut “the white knight of postmodern literature”), piles on the ponderous lit-crit queries and generally overreaches in an effort toward profundity. Vonnegut happily sidesteps the academic blather and, deft and plainspoken as always, delivers his unique brand of humor-laced cynicism with freshness and charm. M.G. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170240258
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	11/28/2006
Edition description:	Unabridged

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