Synopsis
The New York Times bestseller-a "gripping" posthumous collection of previously unpublished work by Kurt Vonnegut on the subject of war.
A fitting tribute to a literary legend and a profoundly humane humorist, Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace. Imbued with Vonnegut's trademark rueful humor and outraged moral sense, the pieces range from a letter written by Vonnegut to his family in 1945, informing them that he'd been taken prisoner by the Germans, to his last speech, delivered after his death by his son Mark, who provides a warmly personal introduction to the collection. Taken together, these pieces provide fresh insight into Vonnegut's enduring literary genius and reinforce his ongoing moral relevance in today's world.
The Barnes & Noble Review
Once he got famous, the late Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) wasn't shy about sticking damn near every piece of writing he'd ever seen fit to put his name on between hard covers sooner or later, from dusty magazine stories to speeches and indignant letters. Especially in old age, he was also fond of repeating observations, jokes, and favorite quotations he apparently thought we hadn't gotten the first time. That's why longtime addicts know that a lot of 2005's bestselling A Man Without a Country -- his final book to see print in his lifetime -- deserved the title Kurt Vonnegut's Greatest Hits. So any intelligent buyer can probably guess going in that the previously unseen work now collected for publication as Armageddon in Retrospect on the first anniversary of Vonnegut's death is unlikely to be top-notch stuff.