While Mortals Sleep (short story collection)
2011 collection of short stories by Kurt Vonnegut
978-0-385-34373-2While Mortals Sleep is a collection of fifteen previously unpublished short stories by Kurt Vonnegut, and one that was previously published, released on January 25, 2011. It is the third posthumously published Kurt Vonnegut book, the first being Armageddon in Retrospect, the second being Look at the Birdie.[1] The book begins with a foreword by Dave Eggers. Illustrations by Vonnegut himself appear throughout.[2]
Contents
- "Jenny"
- "The Epizootic"
- "Hundred-Dollar Kisses"
- "Guardian of the Person"
- "With His Hand on the Throttle"
- "Girl Pool"
- "Ruth"
- "While Mortals Sleep" (previously published in 1952 as "Christmas Contest")[3]
- "Out, Brief Candle"
- "Tango"
- "Bomar"
- "The Man Without No Kiddleys"
- "Mr. Z"
- "$10,000 a Year, Easy"
- "Money Talks"
- "The Humbugs"
References
- ^ Sheehan, William (February 15, 2011). "Book review: 'While Mortals Sleep' by Kurt Vonnegut". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Hopley, Claire (April 1, 2011). "BOOK REVIEW: 'While Mortals Sleep'". The Washington Times. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ Vonnegut, Kurt Jr. (December 1952). "Christmas Contest". Farm Journal. 76 (12): 34–35, 101–107.
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Bibliography
- Player Piano (1952)
- The Sirens of Titan (1959)
- Mother Night (1961)
- Cat's Cradle (1963)
- God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
- Breakfast of Champions (1973)
- Slapstick (1976)
- Jailbird (1979)
- Deadeye Dick (1982)
- Galápagos (1985)
- Bluebeard (1987)
- Hocus Pocus (1990)
- Timequake (1997)
- Sun Moon Star (1980)
- God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999)
- We Are What We Pretend to Be: The First and Last Works (2013)
- Canary in a Cat House (1961)
- Welcome to the Monkey House (1968)
- Bagombo Snuff Box (1999)
- Armageddon in Retrospect (2008)
- Look at the Birdie (2009)
- While Mortals Sleep (2011)
- Sucker's Portfolio (2013)
- Complete Stories (2017)
- Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974)
- Palm Sunday (1981)
- Fates Worse Than Death (1991)
- A Man Without a Country (2005)
- Armageddon in Retrospect (2008)
- Kurt Vonnegut: Letters (2012)
- If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice to the Young (2013)
- Vonnegut by the Dozen (2015)
- Fortitude (1968)
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970)
- Between Time and Timbuktu (1972)
- Like Shaking Hands with God (1999)
- Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut (1999)
- Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview (1999)
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
- Between Time and Timbuktu (1972)
- Next Door (1975)
- Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1979)
- Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
- Who Am I This Time? (1982)
- Displaced Person (1985)
- Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House (1991)
- Harrison Bergeron (1995)
- Mother Night (1996)
- Breakfast of Champions (1999)
- 2081 (2009)
- 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be (2016)
and concepts
- Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library
- Vonnegut (Mercury crater)
- Jill Krementz (second wife)
- Mark Vonnegut (son)
- Edith Vonnegut (daughter)
- Kurt Vonnegut Sr. (father)
- Bernard Vonnegut (brother)
- Bernard Vonnegut Sr. (grandfather)
- Clemens Vonnegut (great-grandfather)
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