An edition of Slaughterhouse-Five
(1968)
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
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November 27, 2025 | History
Billy Pilgrim returns home from the Second World War only to be kidnapped by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore, who teach him that time is an eternal present.
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American science fiction, bombing of Dresden, Open Library staff picks, military fiction, war stories, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, literature and the war, war, free will and determinism, literary fiction, Fiction, Animals, Boats and boating, Juvenile fiction, Accelerated Reader, Domestic animals, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Fiction, war & military, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Classic Literature, Drama, Vonnegut, kurt, 1922-2007, American literature, history and criticism, Destruction and pillage, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Roman américain, Literature, American literature, Literatură americană, Roman, Time travel, Voyages dans le temps, Romans, nouvelles, Science fiction, Prisoners of war, Children and war, Historical fiction, Ficción, Guerra Mundial 11, 1939-1945, American Fantasy fiction, American Spy storiesPeople
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Slaughterhouse-five, or, The children's crusade: a duty-dance with death
1991, Vintage
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0099800209 9780099800200
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Slaughterhouse-five ; The sirens of Titan ; Player-piano ; cat's cradle ; Breakfast of champions ; Mother night
1980, Octopus/Heinemann
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0905712471 9780905712475
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Slaughterhouse-five: or, The children's crusade, a duty-dance with death.
1969, Dell Pub. Co.
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Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
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