While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction

ISBN: 0385343744

Author: Vonnegut, Kurt

Condition: New

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Foreword by Dave EggersThese previously unpublished, beautifully rendered works of fiction are a testament to Kurt Vonneguts unique blend of observation and imagination. Here are stories of men and machines, art and artifice, and how ideals of fortune, fame, and love take curious twists in ordinary lives.An ambitious builder of roads fritters away his free time with miniature trains-until the women in his life crash his fantasy land. Trapped in a stenography pool, a young dreamer receives a call from a robber on the run, who presents her with a strange proposition. A crusty newspaperman is forced onto a committee to judge Christmas displays-a job that leads him to a suspiciously ostentatious ex-con and then a miracle. Featuring a Foreword by Dave Eggers, While Mortals Sleep is a poignant reflection of our world as it is and as it could be.Includes the following stories:JennyThe EpizooticHundred-Dollar KissesGuardian of the PersonWith His Hand on the ThrottleGirl PoolRuthWhile Mortals SleepOut, Brief CandleTangoBomarThe Man Without No KiddleysMr. Z$10,000 a Year, EasyMoney TalksThe HumbugsPraise for While Mortals SleepImmensely readable and thoroughly entertaining.-The Washington PostTaut, concise . . . The stories set themselves up with neat swiftness, proceed at a clip, and shut down with equal speed, [showing Vonnegut] honing his skills in structure and satire.-Los Angeles TimesA lovely reminder of the mischievous moral voice we lost when we lost Kurt Vonnegut.-San Francisco ChronicleThese stories were all good when they were written decades ago, but many strike me as great now. Never has the voice of Kurt Vonnegut, humanist and humorist, been more relevant.-The Seattle TimesTheres something distinctly timeless about Vonneguts vision.-Minneapolis Star-Tribune