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  • Peculiar. Is it a war book, as I read elsewhere? Or rather science-fiction? Or maybe both, and none?
    I enjoyed it: charming, deep, and inspired.

    

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• ― Ficie said on Sep 19, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Forse non l'ho capito, forse non sono stata in grado di "entrare nella storia", ma, di fatto, questo libro mi ha respinta più che attrarmi. Non esiste passato né futuro e quindi niente presente. La storia si sviluppa come un flusso di coscienza che via via diventa più convulso e sovrapposto.
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    Forse non l'ho capito, forse non sono stata in grado di "entrare nella storia", ma, di fatto, questo libro mi ha respinta più che attrarmi. Non esiste passato né futuro e quindi niente presente. La storia si sviluppa come un flusso di coscienza che via via diventa più convulso e sovrapposto.
    Mi ha dato l'idea di essere un libro poco chiaro sulla psicoanalisi della guerra più che un libro sulla (contro) la guerra.
    Alla fine, non riesco a capire se mi è piaciuto oppure no.

    

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• ― Juliette (juliette1782) said on Jul 20, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Still ruminating over this one... Kurt Vonnegut tells us that this is an anti-war novel, but it's not what you would expect. No preaching, no anguish, no weeping, no angry disavowals of war. The main character, Billy Pilgrim, gets unstuck in time and pilgrims through time and space. War as a defined ... Continue

    Still ruminating over this one... Kurt Vonnegut tells us that this is an anti-war novel, but it's not what you would expect. No preaching, no anguish, no weeping, no angry disavowals of war. The main character, Billy Pilgrim, gets unstuck in time and pilgrims through time and space. War as a defined moment in time slowly comes unravelled as Billy's war experience bleeds into and merges with the rest of his life. The absurdity of the ocean of war spills to the farthest shores where it wettens and is absorbed by the sands normal life, which is itself abnormal.

    Not really a novel to find meaning in, at least not the meaning of allegory. The jumps in chrnology can seem not worth it at the beginning, but read on to the end. It's more about the effect. A difficult but worthwhile book.

    

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• ― Josh Herr said on Dec 29, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Dresda bombardata (II Gerra Mondiale)

    

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• ― sono_margherita (3e5et7and9) said on Nov 13, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • This was interesting and sometimes funny, but mostly I feel like I missed the point.

    

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• ― Hold Your Spin said on Jul 23, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • It is said to be a great anti-war book.

    It's a weird original book about the "time flash-back" of Mr Pilgrim.

    Something to read if you like fiction and odd stories.

    

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• ― Anbra6 said on Jul 12, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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