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Title: Bluebeard by KURT VONNEGUT ISBN: 0-385-33351-X Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 08 September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.59 (51 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A surprising work of supreme intelligence.
Comment: Kurt Vonnegut's works tend to be better in idea than execution; "Breakfast of Champions", for example, derails several good ideas due to stylistic overload. This, I realize, is what makes Vonnegut's works so popular across a wide demographic -- the ideas, oftentimes incredibly profound, are always buried under style and his patented humor. "Bluebeard", his best novel by a very long stretch, is also his most stylistically straightforward work. The story details the events in the life of Rabo Karabekien from son of immigrants to recognized artist to "failure". The story itself is generally interesting and always approachable but the ongoing commentary that Vonnegut makes regarding perspectives on creativity and its processes is what makes "Bluebeard" such a rewarding experience. This is the kind of book that alters perceptions of what would be otherwise banal experiences - watching a bad movie, for example. Vonnegut never gets too clever with the material because, I believe, he realized the material really speaks well for itself. Or perhaps it doesn't really matter. In any event, this is Vonnegut's most satisfying novel in every way a novel may be satisfying.
Rating: 5
Summary: Best book I ever read for a school report!
Comment: I have never read any of vonnegut's works before, nor have I ever heard of them. This is the first book that I read that combined mystery, suspense, suicide, mental insanity, sex, lies, war, modern art history, love, heartbreak and humor; and i must say, it worked quite well. I am very impressed with Vonnegut and I want to read more of his books.
Rating: 5
Summary: nobody could paint uniforms like Dan Gregory........
Comment: The story of Rabo Karabekian a painter,father a man caught in his past. Vonnegut's writing about one of his characters in Rabo whom as been in other of his works.
Now get this "Blubeard" is Rabo Karabekians autobiography how genius is that. The book has a great easy flow. Typical Vonnegut work. Rabo is telling about of course his life with the help a new friend Circe Berman, whom the book is get this dedicated to..haaaa
Rabo is a medicore painter,who had to find himself. The book changes quickly from the the past to the present, but it is done so remarkably well that you wont even notice.
I felt that the book was about a man lost on his on canvas and the picture of his life he is painting as his writes his memories.I hope that my review does justice to the book. I will remember this line," ..That the human condition can be summed up in just one word, and this is the word:Embarrassment." IT's True,IT's True.....
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Title: Deadeye Dick by KURT VONNEGUT ISBN: 0385334176 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 11 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 0385333900 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 12 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 0385333870 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 12 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Slapstick : Or Lonesome No More! by KURT VONNEGUT ISBN: 0385334230 Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 11 May, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut ISBN: 038533348X Publisher: Delta Pub. Date: 08 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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