內容簡介
Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes 'unstuck in time' after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden.
Slaughterhouse-Five is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is also as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch-22, it fashions the author's experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it unique poignancy -- and humor.
作者簡介
Born in 1922, Vonnegut grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. His architect father suffered great financial setbacks during the Depression and was unemployed for long stretches of time. His mother suffered from mental illness and eventually committed suicide in 1944, a trauma that haunted Vonnegut all his life. He attended Cornell in the early 1940s, but quit in order to enlist in the Army during WWII.
Vonnegut was shipped to Europe, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and was captured behind enemy lines and incarcerated in a German prison camp. As a POW, he witnessed the firebombing of Dresden by Allied forces, an event of devastating magnitude that left an indelible impression on the young soldier.
After the war, Vonnegut returned home and married his high school sweetheart. In addition to two daughters and a son of their own, he and his first wife adopted three children orphaned in 1958 by the death of Vonnegut's sister Alice. (He and his second wife adopted another daughter.) The family lived in Chicago and Schenectady before settling in Cape Cod, where Vonnegut began to concentrate seriously on his writing. His first novel, the darkly dystopian Player Piano, was published in 1952 and met with moderate success. Three additional novels followed (including the critically acclaimed Cat's Cradle), but it was not until the publication of 1969's Slaughterhouse Five that Vonnegut achieved true literary stardom. Based on the author's wartime experiences in Dresden, the novel resonated powerfully in the social upheaval of the Vietnam era.
Although he is best known for his novels (a genre-blending mix of social satire, science fiction, surrealism, and black comedy), Vonnegut also wrote short fiction, essays, and plays (the best known of which was Happy Birthday, Wanda June). In addition, he was a talented graphic artist who illustrated many of his books and exhibited sporadically during his literary career. He died on April 11, 2007, after suffering irreversible brain injuries as a result of a fall.
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好書,可提高英文閱讀水平,值得一讀。
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發生大法師短發但是1浮動幅度11
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②民主平等是指在學術麵前人人平等,在知識麵前人人平等。不因傢庭背景、地區差異而歧視,不因成績落後、學習睏難遭冷落。民主的核心是遵照大多數人的意誌而行事,教學民主的核心就是發展、提高多數人。可是總有人把眼睛盯在幾個尖子學生身上,有意無意地忽視多數學生的存在。“抓兩頭帶中間”就是典型的做法。但結果往往是抓“兩頭”變成抓“一頭”,“帶中間”變成“丟中間”。教學民主最好的體現是以能者為師,教學相長。信息時代的特徵,能者未必一定是教師,未必一定是“好”學生。在特定領域,特定環節上,有興趣占有知識高地的學生可以為同學“師”,甚至為教師“師”。在教學中發現不足,補充知識、改善教法、
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a great book.
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質量不好,不像再生紙,像盜版書,不開心︶︿︶
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不錯,質量好,性價比高
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“說,是誰指使你,要你這麼做的?”
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孫二掌櫃的一霎時臉色蒼白:“大……大小姐……這可是冤枉……沒……沒有的事呀……”