Drawing on his experiences as a young man in the Great Depression
and the Second World War, Kurt Vonnegut created a new style of
fiction responsive to the post-war world and unique in its appeal
to both popular audiences and avant-garde critics. His work was
profoundly innovative and yet perfectly lucid. In this
comprehensive introductory study, originally published in 1982,
Jerome Klinkowitz traces Vonnegut's influences within the American
middle class, his early efforts as a short-story writer for
magazines in the 1960s and his startling and unprecedented success
as a bestselling experimental novelist with Slaughterhouse-Five.
His self-consciously moral posture led to readers throughout the
world accepting him as their spokesman for humane values, a role
which Klinkowitz considers within the context of his work.
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