{"product_id":"galapagos-9780385333870-b","title":"Galapagos","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Kurt Vonnegut\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dial Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A madcap genealogical adventure . . . Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalápagos \u003c\/i\u003etakes the reader back one million years, to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse, a small group of survivors stranded on the Galápagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, and totally different human race. In this inimitable novel, America' s master satirist looks at our world and shows us all that is sadly, madly awry-and all that is worth saving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eGalápagos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The best Vonnegut novel yet!\"\u003cb\u003e--John Irving\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Beautiful . . . provocative, arresting reading.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A satire in the classic tradition . . . a dark vision, a heartfelt warning.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Detroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Interesting, engaging, sad and yet very funny . . . Vonnegut is still in top form. If he has no prescription for alleviating the pain of the human condition, at least he is a first-rate diagnostician.\"\u003cb\u003e--Susan Isaacs, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Dark . . . original and funny.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A triumph of style, originality and warped yet consistent logic . . . a condensation, an evolution of Vonnegut's entire career, including all the issues and questions he has pursued relentlessly for four decades.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wild details, wry humor, outrageous characters . . . \u003ci\u003eGalápagos\u003c\/i\u003e is a comic lament, a sadly ironic vison.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A work of high comedy, sadness and imagination.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Wacky wit and irreverent imagination . . . and the full range of technical innovations have made [Vonnegut] America's preeminent experimental novelist.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Minneapolis Star and Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45019281522839,"sku":"9780385333870","price":1312.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780385333870.webp?v=1769202250","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/galapagos-9780385333870-b","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}