A Man Without a Country: 20th Anniversary Edition

A Man Without a Country: 20th Anniversary Edition - Hardcover

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A Man Without a Country: 20th Anniversary Edition - Hardcover

A Man Without a Country: 20th Anniversary Edition - Hardcover

by Kurt Vonnegut
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Book Overview

The last of the canonical Kurt Vonnegut books, A Man Without a Country spent eight weeks on the New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list, selling over a quarter-million copies

This 20th anniversary edition features a new introduction by Lewis Black.

"For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person."-USA Today

"The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House, the Supreme Court, the Senate, the House of Representatives, or the media. The America I loved still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."-Kurt Vonnegut, from A Man Without a Country

The closest Kurt Vonnegut ever came to writing his autobiography, A Man Without a Country is part memoir, part social and political commentary, and part riveting personal conversation with an old friend. An undeniably moving and unique return of the literary grandmaster to form.

A Man Without a Country features Vonnegut's coming of age, his war experiences, his life as an artist, and the hilariously funny and razor-sharp way of understanding things that helped him get through it all.

Some Vonnegut jewels in A Man without a Country
  • "If I die--God forbid--I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, 'Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?"
  • "To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."
  • "I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton what he thought of our great victory over Iraq and he said, 'Mohammed Ali versus Mr. Rogers.'"
  • And finally, on the subject of the condition of the soul of America today: "What has happened to us?"
Plentifully illustrated with the author's signature woodcut aphorisms, which appear in the book in blue, A Man Without a Country is possibly Vonnegut's most intimate book, and certainly one of his best.
ISBN9781644214886
Author Kurt Vonnegut
PublisherSeven Stories Press
GenreBiography, History, and Literature
FormatHardcover
PublishedNovember 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages160
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut's humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as "a true artist" (The New York Times) with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, "one of the best living American writers." Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.

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