Armageddon in retrospect
Format:
Audio disc
Title:
Armageddon in retrospect
Author:
ISBN:
9781433243493
Publication Information:
Ashland, Or. : Blackstone Audiobooks, 2008.
Physical Description:
4 audio discs (5 1/2 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Unabridged.
Contents:
Letter from PFC Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., to his family, May 29, 1945 -- Kurt Vonnegut at Clowes Hall, Indianapolis, April 27, 2007 -- Wailing shall be in all streets -- Great day -- Guns before butter -- Happy birthday, 1951 -- Brighten up -- Unicorn trap -- Unknown soldier -- Spoils -- Just you and me, Sammy -- Commandant's desk -- Armageddon in retrospect.
Summary:
Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a meditation on the impossibility of shielding children from the temptations of violence.