Mother Night

Librarian note Alternate cover edition for this ISBN can be found here. Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense American Howard W Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal But is he really guilty In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all. Best Read Books Mother Night author Kurt Vonnegut – kino-fada.fr The thing I love best about Kurt Vonnegut is that he was both the ultimate cynic and the ultimate humanist What better character for him to create to embody those views than a Nazi with good intentions Howard W Campbell Jr was an American citizen who grew up in Germany and became a prominent Nazi thanks to hi...Vastly underrated piece of black comedy, about a World War 2 double agent whose cover is a Nazi propagandist in the style of Lord Haw Haw Vonnegut says in the preface that this is the only one of his books where he knows what the moral is You are what you pretend to be, so be careful about who you pretend to be For my money, Vonnegut s second best book, running Cat s Cradle very close.It s not just me the great Doris Lessing also wrote once that she couldn t quite understand why this book Vastly underrated piece of black comedy, about a World War 2 double agent whose cover is a Nazi propagandist in the style of Lord Haw Haw Vonnegut says in the preface that this is the only one of his books where he knows what the moral is You are what you pretend to be, so be car...When most people think of Kurt Vonnegut, the novels Slaughterhouse Five and Cat s Cradle immediately come to mind It s a shame thatpeople aren t familiar with Mother Night, a novel in which Vonnegut explores the nature of moral ambiguity and what high minded ideals we sacrifice on the altar of war It s a skillful blend of Vonnegut s trademark dark humor and philosophical musings about human morality as observed through the lens of war To put it simply, this is some good stuff.Sitting in When most people think of Kurt Vonnegut, the novels Slaughterhouse Five and Cat s Cradle immediately come to mind It s a shame thatpeople aren t familiar with Mother Night, a novel in which Vonnegut explores the nature of moral ambiguity and what high minded ideals we sacrifice on the altar of war It s a skillful blend of Vonnegut s trademark dark humor and philosophical musings about human morality as observed through the lens of war To put it simply, this is some good stuff.Sitting in an Israeli jail and writing his memoirs, Howard Campbell awaits trial for war crimes as a Nazi in World War II As Howard himself says, I am an American by birth, a Nazi by reputa...This is the best Vonnegut I ve read so far American Nazi Howard W Campbell, Jr is awaiting trial on war crimes A traitor to the American people, Campbell is responsible for the deliberate spread of damaging propaganda throughout Germany and its occupied territories during World War II He is an evil, dangerous man who is undoubtedly guilty of high treason.Or is he As the account of Campbell s life in Germany unfolds, much is revealed about his motives, the benign sequence of events leading t This is the best Vonnegut I ve read so far American Nazi Howard W Campbell, Jr is awaiting trial on war crimes A traitor to the American people, Campbell is responsible for the deliberate spread of damaging propaganda throughout Germany and its occupied territories during World War II He is an evil, dangerous man who is undoubtedly guilty of high treason.Or is he As the account of Campbell s life in Germany unfolds, much is revealed about his motives, the benign sequence of events leading to his becoming a member of the Nazi Party, and the identity of the actual organization from which he draws his paycheck United States intelligence So as it turns out, Howard W Campbell, Jr is a spy He is an American hero, wrongly accused and undoubtedly deserving of complete exoneration.Or is he The distinction here between vill...English Mother Night ItalianoProbably Vonnegut will never be one of my favourite writers However, I must say that Mother Night is a good novel Howard W Campbell Junior is an American playwright emigrated to Germany of the Third Reich, become the symbol as well as the radio personality of Nazi propaganda Campbell Junior brings us his memories from an Israeli jail, waiting to be tried for crimes against humanity.The tragicomic story that comes out gives us totally grotesque characters, m English Mother Night ItalianoProbably Vonnegut will never be one of my favourite writers However, I must say that Mother Night is a good novel Howard W Campbell Junior is an American playwright emigrated to Germany of the Third Reich, become the symbol as well as the radio personality of Nazi propaganda Campbell Junior brings us his memories from an Israeli jail, waiting to be tried for crimes against humanity.The tragicomic story that comes out gives us totally grotesque characters, motivated by the most diverse ideals The personal reflection about the war by the author is interesting, and the protagonist s mental paths that define the epilogue of the novel are interesting too.Vote 7.Probabilmente Vonnegut non e non sar mai uno dei miei autori preferiti Tuttavia devo ammettere che Madre Notte un bel romanzo Howard W Campbell Juni...Spotting Fake NewsFake news did not arise with Donald Trump s tweets Propagandists of the Left and the Right have used it since before there was a Left and Right America has always had a fascist edge 19th century Nativists, Know Nothings, Klansmen, Red Shirts, White Leaguers, and Constitutional Unionists invented fake news long before the John Birch Society, Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs or the alt Right of Steve Bannon claimed that mass media routinely hide the truth about immigrants, Jews, and Blac Spotting Fake NewsFake news did not arise with Donald Trump s tweets Propagandists of the Left and the Right have used it since before there was a Left and Right America has always had a fascist edge 19th century Nativists, Know Nothings, Klansmen, Red Shirts, White Leaguers, and Constitutional Unionists invented fake news long before the John Birch Society, Glenn Beck, Lou Dobbs or the alt Right of Steve Bannon claimed that mass media routinely hide the truth about immigrants, Jews, and Blacks Fake news has been an American tradition since the first Federalists attacked Thomas Jefferson as a dupe of French radical revolutionaries Vonnegut s Mother Night is about fake news from the inside, and what it does to the insides of the man on the inside Howard J Campbell, a writer born in America, wrangles himself a job as chief copy writer for Joseph Goebbels s Nazi Propaganda machine His American grown copy about the inhumanity of Jews impresses his boss becaus...What thethis surely wasn t penned by Kurt Vonnegut, right Where s that bizarre sci fi slant Where are those Tralfamadorians, or that confusing, time shifting narrative We aren t seriouslystuck in timefor the entire story here What about all those absurd characters No Kilgore Trout, Dwayne Hoover, or Billy Pilgrim Ah but some of these guys are pretty odd, and I couldn t help but notice a few references to Schenectady, New York That s all rather curious, but I m still not entirel What thethis surely wasn t penned by Kurt Vonnegut, right Where s that bizarre sci fi slant Where are those Tralfamadorians, or that confusing, time shifting narrative We aren t seriouslystuck in timefor the entire story here What about all those absurd characters No Kilgore Trout, Dwayne Hoover, or Billy Pilgrim Ah but some of these guys are pretty odd, and I couldn t help but notice a few references to Schenectady, New York That s all rather curious, but I m still not entirely convinced.I should point out that, while it is rather surprising to get a straight forward narrative from Mr Vonnegut, for the uninitiated, this may actually be his most accessible novel.Our narrator is Howard W Campbell Jr., an American awaiting trial in Israel for war crimes committed as a Nazi propagandist Howard was born in American, but moved to Berlin at a young age His early career is that of an author and playwright He eventually joins the Nazi party, in name only He sees himself as an Ameri...In Stanley Kubrik s film, Full Metal Jacket, one of the most highlighted scenes is where the protagonist is asked to explain the peace symbol and Born to Kill slogan on his helmet His response I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man Cannot help but wonder if the writer for Full Metal Jacket had been thinking of Mother Night when he wrote that line One of the darker novels in Vonnegut s collection, but still with the humor and blithely irreverent tone that is his In Stanley Kubrik s film, Full Metal Jacket, one of the most highlighted scenes is where the protagonist is asked to explain the peace symbol and Born to Kill slogan on his helmet His response I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of man Cannot help but wonder if the writer for Full Metal Ja...I m going to make an unpopular statement right now This is the best of Kurt Vonnegut s novels Okay Cat s Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five fans, fling your dung at me, I understand The characters, setting, plot, all of it comes together in a well wrapped tale in which a man fights the truth of his own identity under the pressing weight of the author s imposed moral law that states you are what you pretend to be In Mother Night, the story of an American spy working undercover within Germany duri I m going to make an unpopular statement right now This is the best of Kurt Vonnegut s novels Okay Cat s Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five fans, fling your dung at me, I understand The characters, setting, plot, all of it comes together in a well wrapped tale in which a man fights the truth of his own identity under the pressing weight of the author s imposed moral law that states you are what you pretend to be In Mother Night, the story of an American spy working undercover within Germany during WWII as a Nazi propagandist, Vonnegut intentionally portrays his main character with so much ambivalence that by the end you re not sure whether to...As much as I enjoyed reading Kurt Vonnegut expound upon Kurt Vonnegut in A Man Without a Country not that long ago, it didn t quite satisfy the craving I ve had for his fiction Sure, there is something to be said for watching a favorite author turn his fine tuned gallows humor on himself and the society in which he both lives and has lived but sometimes I just want to be told a story, damnit Before launching into the novel proper, Vonnegut introduces Mother ...

• English
• 05 July 2017
Kurt Vonnegut
• Paperback
• 282 pages
• 0385334141
• Kurt Vonnegut
• Mother Night