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Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945
A never-before-seen collection of deeply personal love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled...
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A never-before-seen collection of deeply personal love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter "A glimpse into the mind of a writer finding his voice."--The Washington Post "If ever I do write anything of length--good or bad--it will be written with you in mind." Kurt Vonnegut's eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning out her mother's attic when she stumbled upon a dusty, aged box. Inside, she discovered an unexpected treasure: more than two hundred love letters written by Kurt to Jane, spanning the early years of their relationship. The letters begin in 1941, after the former schoolmates reunited at age nineteen, sparked a passionate summer romance, and promised to keep in touch when they headed off to their respective colleges. And they did, through Jane's conscientious studying and Kurt's struggle to pass chemistry. The letters continue after Kurt dropped out and enlisted in the army in 1943, while Jane in turn graduated and worked for the Office of Strategic Services in Washington, D.C. They also detail Kurt's deployment to Europe in 1944, where he was taken prisoner of war and declared missing in action, and his eventual safe return home and the couple's marriage in 1945. Full of the humor and wit that we have come to associate with Kurt Vonnegut, the letters also reveal little-known private corners of his mind. Passionate and tender, they form an illuminating portrait of a young soldier's life in World War II as he attempts to come to grips with love and mortality. And they bring to light the origins of Vonnegut the writer, when Jane was the only person who believed in and supported him supported him, the young couple having no idea how celebrated he would become. A beautiful full-color collection of handwritten letters, notes, sketches, and comics, interspersed with Edith's insights and family memories, Love, Kurt is an intimate record of a young man growing into himself, a fascinating account of a writer finding his voice, and a moving testament to the life-altering experience of falling in love.
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Random House
Published: 12/01/2020
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780593133019
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/22/2020
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2020
Shelf Awareness 12/15/2020
About the Author
Kurt Vonnegut's 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" (The New York Times) with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He was, as George Saunders declared, "the great, urgent, passionate American writer of [the twentieth] century." Kurt Vonnegut died in April 2007.
Edith "Edie" Vonnegut is the eldest daughter of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Jane Cox. She was born in Schenectady, New York, in 1949, and raised in Barnstable, Massachusetts. She works as a painter and has exhibited in galleries across the United States. She wrote and illustrated the book Domestic Goddesses. She has also served as a contributing illustrator to The New York Times, Playboy, and the Franklin Mint. She lives in the barn behind the house she grew up in, along with her husband, John, and has two sons and two grandchildren.
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Random House
Published: 12/01/2020
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780593133019
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/22/2020
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2020
Shelf Awareness 12/15/2020
About the Author
Kurt Vonnegut's 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" (The New York Times) with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He was, as George Saunders declared, "the great, urgent, passionate American writer of [the twentieth] century." Kurt Vonnegut died in April 2007.
Edith "Edie" Vonnegut is the eldest daughter of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., and Jane Cox. She was born in Schenectady, New York, in 1949, and raised in Barnstable, Massachusetts. She works as a painter and has exhibited in galleries across the United States. She wrote and illustrated the book Domestic Goddesses. She has also served as a contributing illustrator to The New York Times, Playboy, and the Franklin Mint. She lives in the barn behind the house she grew up in, along with her husband, John, and has two sons and two grandchildren.
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