{"product_id":"talking-vonnegut-charles-d-augello-9781476690704","title":"Talking Vonnegut: Centennial Interviews and Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e This collection of 29 interviews explores the outer reaches of the Kurt Vonnegut universe. Conversations reveal how Robert B. Weide's letter to Kurt led to a long friendship and an acclaimed documentary, how readers in the former Soviet Union fell in love with Vonnegut during the Cold War, how Ryan North and Albert Monteys adapted \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/i\u003e into a graphic novel, how two podcasters introduced him to a new generation of readers, and how Vonnegut's time teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop helped transform him from an unknown paperback writer into a literary superstar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Also included are eight essays by the author. These cover Vonnegut's thoughts on guns and loneliness, evaluate his posthumous publications, offer a guide to the best Vonnegut videos available online, and ask questions like \"Was Kurt Vonnegut secretly a romance writer?\" A resource for students, scholars and fans, this book offers windows into Vonnegut's life and art that are often overlooked in standard biographies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chuck Augello\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476690707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476690704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Chuck Augello","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075852562687,"sku":"9781476690704","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d862e79-e5b0-4ff9-b011-4a379f3b0f84.jpg?v=1685461818","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/talking-vonnegut-charles-d-augello-9781476690704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}