Slaughterhouse-Five

or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death
first publication date:  1969-03
original title:  Slaughterhouse-Five, Abattoir 5 ou la Croisade des enfants
original language:  English
main subject:  World War II
narrative location:  Dresden

Slaughterhouse-Five, or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a 1969 semi-autobiographic science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. It follows the life and experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years, to his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant during World War II, to the post-war years, with Billy occasionally traveling through time. The text centers on Billy's capture by the German Army and his survival of the Allied firebombing of Dresden as a prisoner of war, an experience which Vonnegut himself lived through as an American serviceman. The work has been called an example of "unmatched moral clarity" and "one of the most enduring anti-war novels of all time". Source: Wikipedia (en)

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