Galapagos
A Novel
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4,2 • Оценок: 235
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От издателя
“A madcap genealogical adventure . . . Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain.”—The New York Times Book Review
Galápagos takes the reader back one million years, to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse, a small group of survivors stranded on the Galápagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, and totally different human race. In this inimitable novel, America’ s master satirist looks at our world and shows us all that is sadly, madly awry–and all that is worth saving.
Praise for Galápagos
“The best Vonnegut novel yet!”—John Irving
“Beautiful . . . provocative, arresting reading.”—USA Today
“A satire in the classic tradition . . . a dark vision, a heartfelt warning.”—The Detroit Free Press
“Interesting, engaging, sad and yet very funny . . . Vonnegut is still in top form. If he has no prescription for alleviating the pain of the human condition, at least he is a first-rate diagnostician.”—Susan Isaacs, Newsday
“Dark . . . original and funny.”—People
“A triumph of style, originality and warped yet consistent logic . . . a condensation, an evolution of Vonnegut’s entire career, including all the issues and questions he has pursued relentlessly for four decades.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Wild details, wry humor, outrageous characters . . . Galápagos is a comic lament, a sadly ironic vison.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“A work of high comedy, sadness and imagination.”—The Denver Post
“Wacky wit and irreverent imagination . . . and the full range of technical innovations have made [Vonnegut] America’s preeminent experimental novelist.”—The Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Отзывы покупателей
Unexpected Hilarity
I had no idea as I did no research as to the subject matter of this book. After some confusion on my part what emerged was witty, funny and at the same time, serious. Perhaps a picture of what is to come.
What a treatl
its been awhile since I've read Kurt Vonneguts Galápagos. What a treat! His savage lyric and uncompromising human cynicism reminds me of the need for all of us to take a closer look at ourselves. Although the storyline was a bit scattered, I found my self laughing, and learning, thanks.
Captivating, original, hilarious…no surprise
I truly loved this book, although I have yet to read a Vonnegut that I haven’t enjoyed. It was just the right amount of existential, melodramatic, and purely outrageous that made for a compelling read.