Find Hello, Red Composed By Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Shown As Textbook
at the Birdie is a collection of fourteen previously unpublished short stories from one of the most original writers in all of American fiction.
In this series of perfectly rendered vignettes, written just as he was starting to find his comic voice, Kurt Vonnegut paints a warm, wise, and often funny portrait of life in postWorld War II Americaa world where squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and smalltown lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented affluence.
“Hello, Red” is a sharply observed homecoming tale in which embittered merchant sailor Red Mayo returns to his small town after nine years at sea.
There he confronts the man who ended up marrying the only woman Red ever lovedand stakes a claim on a certain something he left behind.
“Hello, Red” and the thirteen other neverbeforepublished pieces that comprise Look at the Birdie serve as an unexpected gift for devoted readers who thought that Kurt Vonneguts unique voice had been stilled foreverand provide a terrific introduction to his short fiction for anyone who has yet to experience his genius.
Other stories from Look at the Birdie available as singlestory ebooks:
On sale September,:
"The Petrified Ants"
On sale October,:
"Confido"
"FUBAR"
"Shout About It from the Housetops"
"Ed Luby's Key Club"
"A Song for Selma"
"Hall of Mirrors"
"The Nice Little People"
"Little Drops of Water"
"The Honor of a Newsboy"
"Look at the Birdie" Short Story
"King and Queen of the Universe"
"The Good Explainer" Great short story.
Left me wanting more Blurb describes it perfectly. As a short story, this is not surprising, but
it did have its moments that made me think, Kurt Vonnegut, Junior was an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist, He was recognized as New York State Author for, He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels, He attended Cornell University fromto, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun, Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journalist before joining the U, S. Army and serving in World War II, After the war, he attended University of Chicago as a graduate student in anthropology and also worked as a police reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago.
He left Chicago to work in Schenectady, New York in public relations for General Electric, He attributed his unadorned writing st Kurt Vonnegut, Junior was an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist, He was recognized as New York State Author for, He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels, He attended Cornell University fromto, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun, Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journalist before joining the U, S. Army and serving in World War II, After the war, he attended University of Chicago as a graduate student in anthropology and also worked as a police reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago.
He left Chicago to work in Schenectady, New York in public relations for General Electric, He attributed his unadorned writing style to his reporting work, His experiences as an advance scout in the Battle of the Bulge, and in particular his witnessing of the bombing of Dresden, Germany whilst a prisoner of war, would inform much of his work.
This event would also form the core of his most famous work, Slaughterhouse Five, the book which would make him a millionaire, This acerbicpage book is what most people mean when they describe a work as "Vonnegutian" in scope, Vonnegut was a self proclaimed humanist and socialist influenced by the style of Indiana's own Eugene V, Debs and a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union, The novelist is known for works blending satire, black comedy and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse Five, Cat's Cradle, and Breakfast of Championssitelink.