A Man Without a Country: 20th Anniversary Edition by Vonnegut, Kurt

A Man Without a Country: 20th Anniversary Edition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781644214886)

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A Man Without a Country: 20th Anniversary Edition by Vonnegut, Kurt

A Man Without a Country: 20th Anniversary Edition

$29.95
A Man Without a Country: 20th Anniversary Edition by Vonnegut, Kurt

A Man Without a Country: 20th Anniversary Edition

$29.95
Format: Hardcover
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The last of the canonical Kurt Vonnegut books, A Man Without a Country spent eight weeks on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list, selling over a quarter-million copies

This 20th anniversary edition features a new introduction by Lewis Black.

"For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person."-USA Today

"The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House, the Supreme Court, the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the media. The America I loved still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."-Kurt Vonnegut, from A Man Without a Country

The closest Kurt Vonnegut ever came to writing his autobiography, A Man Without a Country is part memoir, part social and political commentary, and part riveting personal conversation with an old friend. An undeniably moving and unique return of the literary grandmaster to form.

A Man Without a Country features Vonnegut's coming of age, his war experiences, his life as an artist, and the hilariously funny and razor-sharp way of understanding things that helped him get through it all.

Some Vonnegut jewels in A Man without a Country
  • "If I die--God forbid--I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, 'Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?"
  • "To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."
  • "I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton what he thought of our great victory over Iraq and he said, 'Mohammed Ali versus Mr. Rogers.'"
  • And finally, on the subject of the condition of the soul of America today: "What has happened to us?"
Plentifully illustrated with the author's signature woodcut aphorisms, which appear in the book in blue, A Man Without a Country is possibly Vonnegut's most intimate book, and certainly one of his best.

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
ISBN-10: 1644214881
ISBN-13: 9781644214886
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Language: English
Published: 09/09/2025
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
By Kurt Vonnegut
By Kurt Vonnegut
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Born in 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana, KURT VONNEGUT was one of the few grandmasters of modern American letters. Called by the New York Times "the counterculture's novelist," his works guided a generation through the miasma of war and greed that was life in the U.S. in second half of the 20th century. After stints as a soldier, anthropology PhD candidate, technical writer for General Electric, and salesman at a Saab dealership, Vonnegut rose to prominence with the publication of Cat's Cradle in 1963. Several modern classics, including Slaughterhouse-Five, soon followed. Never quite embraced by the stodgier arbiters of literary taste, Vonnegut was nonetheless beloved by millions of readers throughout the world. "Given who and what I am," he once said, "it has been presumptuous of me to write so well." Kurt Vonnegut died in New York in 2007.

LEWIS BLACK is an American stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor. He hosted a Comedy Central series and made regular appearances on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. When not on the road performing, he resides in Manhattan and also maintains a residence in Chapel Hill, N.C. He served as board chair for the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library.

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