– I am a die hard fan of Kurt Vonnegut, and "Cat's Cradle" is one of those books I recommend to everyone, finding it utterly entertaining and funny, filled with sharp irony and sarcasm! Vonnegut's main character in this book is a journalist searching for details of Felix Hoenikker, one of the creators of the atomic bomb. While researching the family he becomes aware of a substance created by Hoenikker known as "ice-nine", a chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The trail of events then leads him to encounter the remaining family members and many other key characters, all the while leading to the somewhat inevitable and disastrous conclusion. I loved this book for its intelligence and its ability to mock just about everything! The fact that by the end I was almost laughing and crying at the same time, makes Vonnegut a fairly unique and special author! "Cat's Cradle" is written with a very sharp and funny pen, making the book a very entertaining read!
Cat's Cradle
«One of the warmest, wisest, funniest voices to be found anywhere in fiction»
Daily Telegraph
Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle is an irreverent and highly entertaining fantasy about the playful irresponsibility of nuclear scientists, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. Les mer
Medlemsvurdering:
I am a die hard fan of Kurt Vonnegut, and "Cat's Cradle" is one of those books I recommend to everyone, finding it utterly entertaining and funny, filled with sharp irony and sarcasm! Vonnegut's main character in this book is a journalist searching for details of Felix Hoenikker, one of the creators of the atomic bomb. While researching the family he becomes aware of a substance created by Hoenikker known as "ice-nine", a chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. The trail of events then leads him to encounter the remaining family members and many other key characters, all the while leading to the somewhat inevitable and disastrous conclusion. I loved this book for its intelligence and its ability to mock just about everything! The fact that by the end I was almost laughing and crying at the same time, makes Vonnegut a fairly unique and special author! "Cat's Cradle" is written with a very sharp and funny pen, making the book a very entertaining read!chemist
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 224
- ISBN
- 9780241951606
- Utgivelsesår
- 2011
- Format
- 18 x 11 cm
Anmeldelser
«One of the warmest, wisest, funniest voices to be found anywhere in fiction»
Daily Telegraph
«The time to read Vonnegut is just when you begin to suspect that the world is not what it appears to be. He is not only entertaining, he is electrocuting. You read him with enormous pleasure because he makes your hair stand on end»
New York Times
«Vonnegut has looked the world straight in the eye and never flinched»
J. G. Ballard