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Look at the Birdie
Look at the Birdie: Unpublished Short Fiction | Kurt Vonnegut
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Look at the Birdie is a collection of fourteen previously unpublished short stories from one of the most original writers in all of American fiction. In this series of perfectly rendered vignettes, written just as he was starting to find his comic voice, Kurt Vonnegut paints a warm, wise, and funny portrait of life in postWorld War II Americaa world where squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented affluence. Here are tales both cautionary and hopeful, each brimming with Vonnegut's trademark humor and profound humanism. A family learns the downside of confiding their deepest secrets into a magical invention. A man finds himself in a Kafkaesque world of trouble after he runs afoul of the shady underworld boss who calls the shots in an upstate New York town. A quack psychiatrist turned "murder counselor" concocts a novel new outlet for his paranoid patients. While these stories reflect the anxieties of the postwar era that Vonnegut was so adept at capturing and provide insight into the development of his early stylecollectively, they have a timeless quality that makes them just as relevant today as when they were written. It's impossible to imagine any of these pieces flowing from the pen of another writer; each in its own way is unmistakably, quintessentially Vonnegut. Featuring a Foreword by author and longtime Vonnegut confidant Sidney Offit and illustrated with Vonnegut' s characteristically insouciant line drawings, Look at the Birdie is an unexpected gift for readers who thought his unique voice had been stilled foreverand serves as a terrific introduction to his short fiction for anyone who has yet to experience his genius.
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vlwelser
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Pickpick

I love Kurt Vonnegut. I really liked this collection from the perspective of a super fan. If you're not overly familiar with Vonnegut, I wouldn't necessarily recommend this as a place to start.

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I'm always glad to be tagged in the “extra“ reviews - I love seeing what everyone is reading!! However, I also understand that not everyone wants to take the time to tag me, which is also perfectly fine haha 3y
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Eggs
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Yes I bailed and I‘m not proud of it. I put it on the November tbr list with best intentions...I‘m just picky these days
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TheAromaofBooks Sometimes a book just isn't the right fit!! 4y
Eggs It‘s hit-and-miss for me with Vonnegut. @TheAromaofBooks 4y
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vonguts
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just started reading and i fucking love everything about kurt. hoping to meet someone around the same age who has so much passion for this author, hit me up!!

MySharonaK Favourite author 💙 5y
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britt_brooke
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Congratulations on 75K @MicheleinPhilly - you are such an asset to this community!! 💚 I haven‘t posted a photo of my #Vonnegut rainbow in a while, so here it is. 😍 Thanks for your generous #SHOWME giveaway!

Leftcoastzen That is awesome in its awesomeness!❤️❤️❤️ 6y
MicheleinPhilly OMG! That is GORGEOUS! Thanks for entering! 6y
tpixie Lovely!! #GreatStack 🌈 6y
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Trashcanman I'm so jealous, I have three in paperback and all the rest on kindle. That's the sucky thing about Kindle books. 😕 6y
Oryx Stunning pic 6y
sudi ❤💙💚💛💜 6y
ValerieAndBooks Pretty 😍!! My KV collection is hodgepodge, as most are used 😊 6y
JennyM So cool 🌈 6y
britt_brooke @Leftcoastzen I knew you‘d appreciate these! 💚 6y
britt_brooke @tpixie @Oryx @sudi @JennyM Thanks! They make me very happy. 💚 6y
britt_brooke @Trashcanman I know, I love my kindle, but I also love to ogle physical books. These are my babies. 6y
britt_brooke @ValerieAndBooks Thanks! 💚🤗 6y
rather_be_reading 😍😍 6y
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SleepyDragon
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1. Children? Kidding. Mostly unfinished projects. We have a sizeable book collection, as well. I like candles and knick-knacks, and I would collect more antiques if I had more room and money. I also like stationery and anything Beatles.
2. Paperbacks are naked. Hardcovers keep their dust jackets usually. What's a book sleeve?
3. Lately the library and my TBR pile.

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britt_brooke
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👏🏻💌📪 #bookmail

OrangeMooseReads Wampeters, Foma, and Granfalloons is good 7y
bookaholictom Anything by Kurt Vonnrgut is good, to me. 7y
britt_brooke @dirtfarmertom1 I completely agree! 7y
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britt_brooke @OrangeMooseReads I‘m really looking forward to reading it! I‘m trying to complete all of his books, but I still lack 2 novels, and some collections. 💚 7y
LeahBergen 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7y
Leftcoastzen Nice ! His writing, just one of the best. 7y
britt_brooke @Leftcoastzen I love him! 💚 You and I definitely have similar reading tastes! 👯‍♀️ 7y
batsy Very cool covers! 7y
RachLovesTV I need to read more by Vonnegut. I read Slaughterhouse Five year ago and loved it. What is your favorite by him? 7y
britt_brooke @RachLovesTV That‘s a tough one. Slaughterhouse-Five, Mother Night, Breakfast of Champions, Cat‘s Cradle. Recently, I really loved Bluebeard. 7y
britt_brooke @batsy I love them, too! 7y
Leftcoastzen Just say all of them! 😹 6y
britt_brooke @Leftcoastzen You‘re right! 😆😆😆 6y
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tjwill
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I love fall.

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readingallthetime
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My library finds.

readingallthetime These are unpublished short tales by Kurt Vonnegut. There are 14 tales totaling 251 pages with some illustrations. 7y
readingallthetime Perhaps I‘ll pick this up at a later date. 7y
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