Catch-22
Joseph Heller · Postwar · Novel / satire
Postmodern · Novel
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut. A survivor of Dresden becomes “unstuck in time” in a darkly comic antiwar narrative blending science fiction and memoir.
- Date
- 1969
- Origin
- United States
- Era
- Postmodern
- Genre
- Novel
- Difficulty
- Accessible
- Length
- Medium
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A survivor of Dresden becomes “unstuck in time” in a darkly comic antiwar narrative blending science fiction and memoir.
This work is included in the collection on the basis of modern broader canon. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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