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God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian di Kurt…
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God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (originale 1999; edizione 2010)

di Kurt Vonnegut (Autore)

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From Slapstick's "Turkey Farm" to Slaughterhouse-Five's eternity in a Tralfamadorean zoo cage with Montana Wildhack, the question of the afterlife never left Kurt Vonnegut's mind. In God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, Vonnegut skips back and forth between life and the Afterlife as if the difference between them were rather slight. In thirty odd "interviews," Vonnegut trips down "the blue tunnel to the pearly gates" in the guise of a roving reporter for public radio, conducting interviews: with Salvatore Biagini, a retired construction worker who died of a heart attack while rescuing his schnauzer from a pit bull, with John Brown, still smoldering 140 years after his death by hanging, with William Shakespeare, who rubs Vonnegut the wrong way, and with socialist and labor leader Eugene Victor Debs, one of Vonnegut's personal heroes. What began as a series of ninety-second radio interludes for WNYC, New York City's public radio station, evolved into this provocative collection of musings about who and what we live for, and how much it all matters in the end. From the original portrait by his friend Jules Feiffer that graces the cover, to a final entry from Kilgore Trout, God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian remains a joy.… (altro)
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Titolo:God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian
Autori:Kurt Vonnegut (Autore)
Info:Seven Stories Press (2010), Edition: Later printing, 96 pages
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    Perle ai porci o Dio la benedica, Mr. Rosewater di Kurt Vonnegut (markusnenadovus)
    markusnenadovus: Might as well check the ORIGINAL tale that inspired the title of this one.
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I understand now why Kurt Vonnegut would be an author whose writings were banned in the 1970s. Although I have yet to read "Slaughterhouse Five" or any other more popularized work, I recently found myself attracted to the provocative title, "God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian." I picked up the slim hardcover at my library while doing the requisite shelf reads my job requires. In accordance with my resolution this year to read as many slim books as possible to increase my overall reading stats, this one fit the bill for length, while also giving me deep pondering content to satisfy my dramatic side. I saw in this book my chance to see what all the literary fuss was about Vonnegut. Having grown up in the 80's and 90s, I became acutely aware of Dr. Kevorkian at a young age. The strange, dangerous-sounding name was blasted all over the sensationalist news as "Dr. Death." As I entered adolescence and young adulthood, I started thinking hard about the concept and process of death, observing my beloved grandparents and other community elders succomb inevitably. ( )
  Delameyo | Apr 1, 2024 |
This is a humorous look at the after life and near death experiences from someone who believed in neither. The people he encounters were real people, which added to my enjoyment reading it because I ended up Googling a lot of them and learning about their lives. ( )
  fuzzy_patters | Nov 30, 2023 |
Tiny book that is fun. ( )
  RickGeissal | Aug 16, 2023 |
It's an excellent collection of fictional interviews that end as soon as they begin. Vonnegut's trademark humor seeps through every word and it's a very fun, although short, read. Can't recommend enough, especially if you're a Humanist (oops... humanist). ( )
  bdgamer | Sep 10, 2021 |
I saw this recommended on Litsy, checked it out from the library, and listened to it all within the space of 24 hours. It's only 50 minutes long, and a gem, so I think I'll probably listen to it again before I return it. It's a shame that Mr. Vonnegut didn't read this himself, since these essays started life as radio pieces for public radio in NYC and the collection was published well before he died, but the reader did a good job with it nonetheless. Very witty and insightful. ( )
  CaitlinMcC | Jul 11, 2021 |
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From Slapstick's "Turkey Farm" to Slaughterhouse-Five's eternity in a Tralfamadorean zoo cage with Montana Wildhack, the question of the afterlife never left Kurt Vonnegut's mind. In God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, Vonnegut skips back and forth between life and the Afterlife as if the difference between them were rather slight. In thirty odd "interviews," Vonnegut trips down "the blue tunnel to the pearly gates" in the guise of a roving reporter for public radio, conducting interviews: with Salvatore Biagini, a retired construction worker who died of a heart attack while rescuing his schnauzer from a pit bull, with John Brown, still smoldering 140 years after his death by hanging, with William Shakespeare, who rubs Vonnegut the wrong way, and with socialist and labor leader Eugene Victor Debs, one of Vonnegut's personal heroes. What began as a series of ninety-second radio interludes for WNYC, New York City's public radio station, evolved into this provocative collection of musings about who and what we live for, and how much it all matters in the end. From the original portrait by his friend Jules Feiffer that graces the cover, to a final entry from Kilgore Trout, God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian remains a joy.

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