Cat's Cradle企鹅科幻系列：猫的摇篮

基本信息

Format：Paperback | 240 pages

Dimensions: 111 x 181 x 14mm | 142g

Publication date: 13 Oct 2020

Publisher：Penguin Books Ltd

Imprint: Penguin Classics

ISBN: 9780241467985

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

“冯内古特直视世界，从不退缩”--J·G·巴拉德

这部关于世界末日的冷战讽刺小说，表达了我们对世界末日Z深切的恐惧，并成为反文化的经典。

“一个有情怀的讽刺家，一个带着哭腔的道德家。”---Jay McInerney

“我们Z接近伏尔泰的人" ---汤姆·沃尔夫

“读冯内古特的时候，正是你开始怀疑这个世界并不像它看起来那样的时候。他不仅具有娱乐性，而且具有电击性”--《纽约时报》。

'Vonnegut looked the world straight in the eye and never flinched'--- J. G. Ballard

This bitterly funny Cold War satire on the end of the world expresses our deepest fears of Armageddon, and has become a counter-culture classic.

'A satirist with a heart, a moralist with a whoopee cushion' ---Jay McInerney

'The closest thing we had to a Voltaire' ---Tom Wolfe

'The time to read Vonnegut is just when you begin to suspect that the world is not what it appears to be. He is not only entertaining, he is electrocuting' ---The New York Times

作者简介

库尔特·冯内古特（1922-2007）出生于美国印第安纳波利斯。第二次世界大战期间，他曾是德国的一名囚犯，并在德累斯顿被炸时在场，他在其有名的小说《五号屠宰场》（1969）中叙述了这一经历。他的第1部小说《钢琴师》于1951年出版。此后，他又创作了相当多的作品，包括小说《泰坦的海妖》、《猫的摇篮》、《狱中鸟》、《死眼迪克》、《加拉帕戈斯》和《花样年华》。他被广泛认为是他那一代人中Z重要的美国作家之一。

Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007) was born in Indianapolis, USA. During the Second World War he was a prisoner in Germany and present at the bombing of Dresden, an experience he recounted in his famous novel Slaughterhouse Five (1969). His first novel, Piano Player, was published in 1951. This was followed by a considerable outlay of work, including the novels The Sirens of Titan, Cat's Cradle, Jailbird, Deadeye Dick, Galapagos and Hocus Pocus. He is widely considered to be one of the most important American writers of his generation.