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ISBN: 9781664405363
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ISBN: 9781664513198
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ISBN: 9781664660694
| Runtime: | 17.52 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
New York Times best-selling author and biographer Charles J. Shields crafts this fascinating portrait of literary icon Kurt Vonnegut. The first authorized biography of the influential American writer, And So It Goes examines Vonnegut's life from his childhood to his death in 2007 and explores how the author changed the conversation of American literature.Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“An incisive, gossipy page-turner of a biography.” —New York Times
“The first truly exacting look into the life of a man who has fascinated so many.” —Esquire
“[And So It Goes] provide[s] a definitive and disturbing account of the late author, whose ambition and talent transformed him from an obscure science fiction writer to a countercultural icon.” —Boston Globe
“And So It Goes will entrance lovers of Kurt Vonnegut’s fiction. With the blessing of Vonnegut himself and help from scores of Vonnegut’s friends, relations, and acquaintances, Charles J. Shields gives us a distinguished, fearless, page-turner of a biography.” —Carol Sklenicka, author of Raymond Carver: A Writer’s Life
Author
Author Bio: Charles J. Shields
Charles J. Shields is the author of Harper Lee’s New York Times bestselling biography Mockingbird, the Kurt Vonnegut biography And So It Goes, and the biography of John Edward Williams, The Man Who Wrote the Perfect Novel. Shields has spoken to hundreds of large audiences in schools, libraries, museums, and historic theaters and appeared in newspapers and magazines worldwide, including the Wall Street Journal, New Yorker, Huffington Post, and New York Times.
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Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography |
| Runtime: | 17.52 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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