{"product_id":"talking-vonnegut-centennial-interviews-and-essays-9781476690704","title":"Talking Vonnegut: Centennial Interviews and Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Chuck Augello\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This collection of 29 interviews explores the outer reaches of the Kurt Vonnegut universe. Conversations reveal how Robert B. Weide's letter to Kurt led to a long friendship and an acclaimed documentary, how readers in the former Soviet Union fell in love with Vonnegut during the Cold War, how Ryan North and Albert Monteys adapted \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/i\u003e into a graphic novel, how two podcasters introduced him to a new generation of readers, and how Vonnegut's time teaching at the Iowa Writers Workshop helped transform him from an unknown paperback writer into a literary superstar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Also included are eight essays by the author. These cover Vonnegut's thoughts on guns and loneliness, evaluate his posthumous publications, offer a guide to the best Vonnegut videos available online, and ask questions like \"Was Kurt Vonnegut secretly a romance writer?\" A resource for students, scholars and fans, this book offers windows into Vonnegut's life and art that are often overlooked in standard biographies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46446828028055,"sku":"9781476690704","price":4596.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781476690704.webp?v=1769138605","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/talking-vonnegut-centennial-interviews-and-essays-9781476690704","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}