Cat's Cradle

1963 novel by Kurt Vonnegut

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Author: Kurt Vonnegut
First published: 1963
Editions: 69
Subjects: End of the world, Fiction, American Fantasy fiction, Classic Literature, Humor (Fiction), Science Fiction, Large type books, American fiction (fictional works by one author)

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Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Original title: Cat's Cradle
Language: English
Genre: Satire , science fiction
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Publication date: March 18, 1963 ( 1963-03-18 )
Publication place: United States
Media type: Print (hardcover and paperback)
Isbn: 0-385-33348-X
Preceded by: Mother Night
Followed by: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

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publication date: 1963-00-00
title: Le Berceau du chat
first line: Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John.
last line: This is what I read: “If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and lie down on my back with my history for a pillow; and I would take from the ground some of the blue-white poison that makes statues of men; and I would make a statue of myself, lying on my back, grinning horribly, and thumbing my nose at You Know Who.”

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Cat's Cradle is a satirical postmodern novel, with science fiction elements, by American writer Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut's fourth novel, it was first published on March 18, 1963, exploring and satirizing issues of science, technology, the purpose of religion, and the arms race, often through the use of morbid humor. The novel was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1964.

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