Cat's Cradle
内容简介
One of Vonnegut's major works, this is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.
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作者简介
Kurt Vonnegut was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as "a true artist" with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, "one of the best living American writers.” Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.
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目录
1 THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED
2 NICE, NICE, VERY NICE
3 FOLLY
4 A TENTATIVE TANGLING OF TENDRILS
5 LETTER FROM A PRE-MED
6 BUG FIGHTS
7 THE ILLUSTRIOUS HOENIKKERS
8 NEWT'S THING WITH ZINKA
9 VICE-PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF VOLCANOES
10 SECRET AGENT X-9
11 PROTEIN
12 END OF THE WORLD DELIGHT
13 THE JUMPING-OFF PLACE
14 WHEN AUTOMOBILES HAD CUT-GLASS VASES
15 MERRY CHRISTMAS
16 BACK TO KINDERGARTEN
17 THE GIRL POOL
18 THE MOST VALUABLE COMMODITY ON EARTH
19 NO MORE MUD
20 ICE-NINE I
21 THE MARINES MARCH ON
22 MEMBER OF THE YELLOW PRESS
23 THE LAST BATCH OF BROWNIES
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读书文摘
‘ I' m not a drug salesman. I’m a writer.’ ‘ What makes you think a writer isn’t a drug salesman?‘ ‘ I’ll accept that. Guilty as charged.’
我记得曾经读过关于塔斯马尼亚上人的文章。塔斯马尼亚人习惯裸体。当他们在十七世纪和白人相遇时，他们对农业/畜牧业及任何一种建筑都十分陌生，甚至连火都不知道。在白人眼里，他们无知而可卑。第一批从英国来的移民把他们当作猎物。这些土人发现生活是如此乏味，于是放弃了繁殖
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