Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.

Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all.

'"night, Mother" is a taut and fluid drama that addresses different emotions and special relations. By one of America's most talented playwrights, this play won the Dramatists Guild's prestigious Hull-Warriner Award, four Tony nominations, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize in 1983. "'night, Mother "had its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater i...(展开全部)

'"night, Mother" is a taut and fluid drama that addresses different emotions and special relations. By one of America's most talented playwrights, this play won the Dramatists Guild's prestigious Hull-Warriner Award, four Tony nominations, the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize in 1983. "'night, Mother "had its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater i...(展开全部)

A companion novel to "Slaughterhouse 5", covering similar themes and drawing on the author's experiences as a prisoner of war in Dresden. A black satire, it tells of an American spy in Germany who becomes confused by his own methods as he sends his coded messages by using pro-Nazi radio broadcasts.

The routine of daily life is such that one goes to sleep with the security that tomorrow will arrive, just as it did today. Jonas, a young professional in contemporary Vienna, wakes up one morning to discover that he may be the last living being on earth. The highways are empty. The restaurants are empty. The animals have disappeared. The radio only emits white noise and the ...(展开全部)

Joe Coughlin is nineteen when he meets Emma Gould. A smalltime thief in 1920s Boston, he is told to cuff her while his accomplices raid the casino she works for. But Joe falls in love with Emma - and his life changes for ever. That meeting is the beginning of Joe's journey to becoming one of the nation's most feared and respected gangsters. It is a journey beset by violence, do...(展开全部)

Joe Coughlin is nineteen when he meets Emma Gould. A smalltime thief in 1920s Boston, he is told to cuff her while his accomplices raid the casino she works for. But Joe falls in love with Emma - and his life changes for ever. That meeting is the beginning of Joe's journey to becoming one of the nation's most feared and respected gangsters. It is a journey beset by violence, do...(展开全部)

A twisty, compelling new novel about one woman's complicated relationship with her mother-in-law that ends in death... From the moment Lucy met her husband’s mother, she knew she wasn’t the wife Diana had envisioned for her perfect son. Exquisitely polite, friendly, and always generous, Diana nonetheless kept Lucy at arm’s length despite her desperate attempts to win her over. ...(展开全部)

冯内古特参加过二战，在对德战役中被俘，关在小城德累顿的一个屠宰场地下冰库做苦役，又赶上了盟军的大轰炸，十三万五千德国平民葬身火海，爬出地下以后，被分派了挖尸体的工作。那些尸体被烤得像姜饼一样。姜饼是一种历史悠久的圣诞节小点心，用蜂蜜、红糖、杏仁、蜜饯、丁香等烘焙，成品焦黄色，装饰有彩色的糖霜，经常会被做成人形。所以这个比喻还是蛮形象的， 从军经历并没有什么好吹嘘的，那个时代，没上过战场的年轻男人是少数，而无论怎么样悲惨的经历后，只要没有死，生活都将继续。冯内古特说，“如果我过去生在德国，我想我会成为一名纳粹分子，到处殴打犹太人、吉卜赛人和波兰人，穿长靴踩遍雪堤，暗地里用良知使自己振作起来，事情就是这样。” 事情就是这样，在作家生涯里，这个家伙用的总是这样心平气和的语气，像苦涩的微笑，和淡淡的自嘲。被残酷事件折磨过又在现有生活中继续默默体验着悲伤的人，...(展开全部)