{"product_id":"man-without-a-country-book-kurt-vonnegut-9781644214886","title":"A Man Without a Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe last of the canonical Kurt Vonnegut books, \u003ci\u003eA Man Without a Country\u003c\/i\u003e spent eight weeks on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e hardcover nonfiction bestseller list, selling over a quarter-million copies\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This 20th anniversary edition features a new introduction by Lewis Black.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person.\"-\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House, the Supreme Court, the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the media. The America I loved still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.\"-Kurt Vonnegut, from \u003ci\u003eA Man Without a Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The closest Kurt Vonnegut ever came to writing his autobiography, \u003ci\u003eA Man Without a Country is\u003c\/i\u003e part memoir, part social and political commentary, and part riveting personal conversation with an old friend. An undeniably moving and unique return of the literary grandmaster to form.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA Man Without a Country\u003c\/i\u003e features Vonnegut's coming of age, his war experiences, his life as an artist, and the hilariously funny and razor-sharp way of understanding things that helped him get through it all.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Some Vonnegut jewels in \u003ci\u003eA Man without a Country\u003c\/i\u003e-\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, 'Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton what he thought of our great victory over Iraq and he said, 'Mohammed Ali versus Mr. Rogers.'\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnd finally, on the subject of the condition of the soul of America today- \"What has happened to us?\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e Plentifully illustrated with the author's signature woodcut aphorisms, which appear in the book in blue, \u003ci\u003eA Man Without a Country\u003c\/i\u003e is possibly Vonnegut's most intimate book, and certainly one of his best.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52602910081297,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52602910146833,"sku":"NIN9781644214886","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781644214886.jpg?v=1769687822","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/man-without-a-country-book-kurt-vonnegut-9781644214886","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}