So It Goes
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. died yesterday (and somewhere Geoff North lights a candle). Vonnegut is North's favourite author (right?) and ranks high up there with Twain and Hemingway on the list of all-time American writers. I read Slaughterhouse-Five in first year and was especially taken by it's truth (it didn't hurt that it told the story of Dresden which I was studying in history class). It is considered one of the best American Books of the 20th Century. I have a copy of it if anyone wants it. I just wanted to pass this info along to you in the hopes that it may get someone to pick up one of his books and think deeply; he has that effect. I also wanted to use this as an interesting segue to pass on something that made me laugh when I was looking up stuff on Vimy the other day. One of Canada's best storytellers, Pierre Berton, didn't use humour in his writing quite like Vonnegut did (although I will always recommend reading his stuff because, invariably, you will learn about Canada) but this clip made me smile like few books ever have.
Cheer up North; the words live on.
Pace out.
posted by Vitamin S @ 6:35 p.m.
1 Comments:
Si,
Kurt Vonnegut was the best writer to ever lay a pen to paper. Have you read more than just Slaughterhouse Five? Cat's Cradle is perhaps his best but they are all great. Thankfully, his books will live on.
Geoff
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