And so it goes : Kurt Vonnegut, a life

Shields, Charles J. 1951- (Author).

Summary: An authorized portrait of the influential twentieth-century American writer draws on first-person accounts and Vonnegut's private letters while offering insight into his youth, the inspirations for his work, and his enduring literary impact.

Record details

ISBN: 0805086935
ISBN: 9780805086935 :
Physical Description: xii, 513 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
print
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Henry Holt and Co., 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-492) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Out of print and scared to death -- You were an accident, 1922-1940 -- One of the biggest fools on the hill, 1940-1943 -- To war in the bridal suite, 1943-1945 -- Folk society and the House of Magic, 1945-1947 -- Stop being such a hardheaded realist, 1948-1951 -- The dead engineer, 1951-1958 -- Cooped up with all these kids, 1958-1965 -- A community of writers, 1965-1967 -- The big Ka-BOOM, 1967-1969 -- Goodbye and goodbye and goodbye, 1969-1971 -- Cultural bureaucrat, 1971-1974 -- Ripped off, 1975-1979 -- Looking for Mr. Vonnegut, 1980-1984 -- Dear celebrity, 1984-1991 -- Waiting to die, 1992-2007 -- Appendix. Vonnegut-Lieber family history.