{"product_id":"a-man-without-a-country-20th-anniversary-edition-by-kurt-vonnegut-dan-simon-lewis-black","title":"A Man Without a Country: 20th Anniversary Edition by Kurt Vonnegut, Dan Simon, Lewis Black","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 20th anniversary edition features a new introduction by Lewis Black.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person.”–USA Today\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome Vonnegut jewels in A Man without a Country:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e * \"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?\"\u003cbr\u003e * \"To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.\"\u003cbr\u003e * \"I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton what he thought of our great victory over Iraq and he said, ‘Mohammed Ali versus Mr. Rogers.’\"\u003cbr\u003e * And finally, on the subject of the condition of the soul of America today: \"What has happened to us?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlentifully 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67736806490388,"sku":"9781644214886","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/files\/9781644214886.jpg?v=1792426612","url":"https:\/\/landmark-booksellers.myshopify.com\/products\/a-man-without-a-country-20th-anniversary-edition-by-kurt-vonnegut-dan-simon-lewis-black","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}