Before you leave...
Take 20% off your first order
20% off
Enter the code below at checkout to get 20% off your first order
Kurt Vonnegut: The Making of a Writer (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781644211908)
Vendor:
Dan Wakefield
Product type:
Books
- $23.95
$23.95- $23.95
- Unit price
- per
Subtotal:
$23.95
Description
xThe first and only YA biography of the great American novelist and humanist comes out on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Kurt Vonnegut, author of Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle, and many other brilliant novels and short stories, is one of our greatest American writers, often using science fiction, humor, and a humanist view of society, religion, politics, and human nature in his writing to show us the absurdity and the loveliness of life on earth. Born in 1922, Vonnegut's life was full of great fortune and great despair: his family was wealthy, but lost everything in the market crash of 1929; he was the youngest son in a loving family, until his mother fell into a depression and committed suicide; he joined the army in WWII with great pride for our country, but experienced instead a world of destruction and horror. These and many others were the experiences that made him a writer. But how did he channel the highs and lows of his life into great writing? Dan Wakefield, a friend and mentee of Vonnegut's for decades and a fellow Hoosier, distills the facts including Kurt's novels, essays, interviews, letters and personal experiences, into a beautiful telling of the making of a writer. Using the second person "You," it is as though Wakefield is a friend walking through Kurt's life alongside him, a guide for readers to his extraordinary life. Here is an American life, a burgeoning artist's life to inspire anyone who has read Vonnegut's work or who themselves aspire to write.
Author: Dan Wakefield
ISBN-10: 1644211904
ISBN-13: 9781644211908
Publisher: Triangle Square
Language: English
Published: 12/13/2022
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.60w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2023
School Library Journal 02/01/2023 pg. 91
Author: Dan Wakefield
ISBN-10: 1644211904
ISBN-13: 9781644211908
Publisher: Triangle Square
Language: English
Published: 12/13/2022
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.60w x 1.20d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2023
School Library Journal 02/01/2023 pg. 91
By Dan Wakefield
xDan Wakefield is a novelist, journalist, and screenwriter. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he was an Eagle Scout and began his writing career as a columnist of his high school newspaper, The Shortridge Daily Echo. Shortridge High was also the school Kurt Vonnegut had graduated from a few years earlier. They didn't know each other at the time, but eventually they met and became lifelong friends.
Dan has served as a sports correspondent and writer for a number of magazines and newspapers including Harpers, Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Times Magazine. His best-selling novels Going All The Way and Starting Over were made into feature films, and a documentary film was produced of his memoir New York in the Fifties. He splits his time between Indianapolis IN and Miami FL.
Dan has served as a sports correspondent and writer for a number of magazines and newspapers including Harpers, Atlantic Monthly, and The New York Times Magazine. His best-selling novels Going All The Way and Starting Over were made into feature films, and a documentary film was produced of his memoir New York in the Fifties. He splits his time between Indianapolis IN and Miami FL.
Recently Viewed Products
- Choosing a selection results in a full page refresh.