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Aug 23, 2008
Luann
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holocaust,
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2008,
metafiction,
lost-lit,
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This is a book I wish I would have read with a group or in a class. I think I would have benefitted from reading it with others and discussing things like the themes and symbolisms while I was reading it. It reminded me a lot of Catch-22, yet this was easier to read and not quite as dark.
It contains lots of recurring things: the "Poo-tee-weet" sound of a bird, the barking of a dog, the blue and ivory color of cold or frozen feet, Three Musketeers (both as a group of three and as a candy bar), a ...more
It contains lots of recurring things: the "Poo-tee-weet" sound of a bird, the barking of a dog, the blue and ivory color of cold or frozen feet, Three Musketeers (both as a group of three and as a candy bar), a ...more
3.5~4. I feel the rest of the book's absurdities have fallen by the wayside of time but the war parts of the book remain ever essential, terrifying and relevant today.
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Not my favourite Vonnegut, but one of his biggest hits and perhaps the one closest to his heart.
All and all this book was ok...
So it goes...
So it goes...
Aug 12, 2007
Sara
marked it as to-read
Apr 24, 2009
Natalya
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Aug 02, 2009
Leigh Ann
marked it as to-read
Aug 20, 2009
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Mimi
marked it as to-read
Jun 22, 2011
Arlene
marked it as bedroom-bookshelf
