While Mortals Sleep

£9.99

In ‘While Mortals Sleep’ men and machines, art and artifice, fortune and fame become curiously twisted. A man plays with his model trains too much until the women in his life decide to take matters into their own hands. In the title story, a hard-nosed reporter is called upon to judge the annual Christmas lights competition.

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Description

While Mortals Sleep is a smart, clear-eyed collection of stories from one of the most original writers in American fiction. Set in trailers, bars and factories, Vonnegut conjures up a world where men and machines, art and artifice, fame and fortune become curiously twisted and characters pit their dreams and fears against a cruel and comically indifferent world.

Written early in his career, and never published before, these tightly plotted stories are infused with Vonnegut’s distinctive blend of observation, imagination and scabrous humour.

This collection features an introduction by Dave Eggers.

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Weight 0.237 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

253

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

813.54 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K