Galapagos: A Novel (Delta Fiction) [1999,
by Kurt Vonnegut
“A madcap genealogical adventure Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain.” The New York Times Book Review
Galápagos 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 Galápagos
“The best Vonnegut novel yet!” John Irving
“Beautiful provocative, arresting reading”—USA Today
“A satire in the classic tradition a dark vision, a heartfelt warning . Vonnegut is still in top form. ...
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Author : Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback; Reissue edition
Published : 01-11-1999
Language : English
Pages : 336
ISBN-10 : 0385333870
ISBN-13 : 978-0385333870
Reader Reviews : 2,764 (4 2)
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A Artem Stepin
★★★★★ I still believe people are really good at heart)
Reviewed in the United States on 11-19-2014
:No one objected. At the time, it seemed a harmless and even comical opinion It was as though Ecuador, in a spasm of imperialistic dementia, had annexed to its territory a passing cloud of asteroids илиWhen the Bahía de Darwin (это корабль) was launched in Malmö, eleven hundred metric tons of saltwater had to nd someplace else to go.Я
L Lola★★★★★ A lot of fun, or Natural Selection according to Leon Trout
Told by the straightforward case of unreliable narrator (Leon Trotsky Trout, a ghost of a soldier who 'died' of syphilis), 'Galápagos' the book is a lot of fun with a hint of sci- Okay, it's a bit repetitive and drags on occasionally, but it is full of all things that is Kurt Vonnegut - sarcasm, cynicism, scorn, nihilism and pessimism and ultimate believe in the best which is yet to come An absurd plot, crazy ideas, and yet, and still, good-hearted humour 'Galapagos' starts with the nancial crisis of 1986 and ends with human species, devolved, lying down side by side, seals-like, furry and ngerless, with much lesser brains (and a lot less problems) on the volcanic shores of Galapagos exactly a million years later Are you interested in Vonnegut's answer to Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species? - look no further. It is back on my reading list '
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12-30-2013 w wombat
A winner for vonnegut fans
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This is not a straightforward, run of the mill normal story. Like Vonnegut's most famous work, Slaughterhouse 5, it is told out of sequence, eccentrically and erratically Much of the main plot is reported rather than seen, and you are told of events several times before they happen Conceits like the asterisk before the name of everyone about to die keep you aware you are reading a story rather than being absorbed into a universe This distancing is in keeping with the abstract feeling of the narrator - but what would you expect from the narration of a nosey ghost?I found the ending an engaging puzzle, particularly when I considered the well known symptom of the illness the narrator has contracted before his death Daren't say more, as I'd hate to spoil it for anyoneVonnegut is a quirky, interesting and funny writer but he is not for everyone.'.....
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