{"product_id":"9781644214886","title":"A Man Without a Country","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe last of the canonical Kurt Vonnegut books, \u003ci\u003eA Man Without a Country \u003c\/i\u003espent eight weeks on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e hardcover nonfiction bestseller list, selling over a quarter-million copies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 20th anniversary edition features a new introduction by Lewis Black.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person.”–\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House, the Supreme Court, the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the media. The America I loved still exists at the front desks of our public libraries.”–Kurt Vonnegut, from \u003ci\u003eA Man Without a Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe closest Kurt Vonnegut ever came to writing his autobiography, \u003ci\u003eA Man Without a Country is \u003c\/i\u003epart memoir, part social and political commentary, and part riveting personal conversation with an old friend. An undeniably moving and unique return of the literary grandmaster to form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Man Without a Country\u003c\/i\u003e features Vonnegut’s coming of age, his war experiences, his life as an artist, and the hilariously funny and razor-sharp way of understanding things that helped him get through it all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome Vonnegut jewels in \u003ci\u003eA Man without a Country\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"If I die—God forbid—I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, ‘Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton what he thought of our great victory over Iraq and he said, ‘Mohammed Ali versus Mr. Rogers.’\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd finally, on the subject of the condition of the soul of America today: \"What has happened to us?\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ePlentifully illustrated with the author’s signature woodcut aphorisms, which appear in the book in blue, \u003ci\u003eA Man Without a Country\u003c\/i\u003e is possibly Vonnegut’s most intimate book, and certainly one of his best.","brand":"Kurt Vonnegut","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47345359519956,"sku":"9781644214886","price":39.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_0f75f533-4c66-4822-9f95-f275d8a5cce8.jpg?v=1765574542","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781644214886","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}