Galapagos: A Novel (Delta Fiction)

ISBN: 0385333870

Author: Vonnegut, Kurt

Condition: New

A madcap genealogical adventure . . . Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain.-The New York Times Book ReviewGalápagos takes 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.Praise for GalápagosThe best Vonnegut novel yet!-John IrvingBeautiful . . . provocative, arresting reading.-USA TodayA satire in the classic tradition . . . a dark vision, a heartfelt warning.-The Detroit Free PressInteresting, 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.-Susan Isaacs, NewsdayDark . . . original and funny.-PeopleA triumph of style, originality and warped yet consistent logic . . . a condensation, an evolution of Vonneguts entire career, including all the issues and questions he has pursued relentlessly for four decades.-The Philadelphia InquirerWild details, wry humor, outrageous characters . . . Galápagos is a comic lament, a sadly ironic vison.-St. Louis Post-DispatchA work of high comedy, sadness and imagination.-The Denver PostWacky wit and irreverent imagination . . . and the full range of technical innovations have made [Vonnegut] Americas preeminent experimental novelist.-The Minneapolis Star and Tribune