Reviews for A Man Without a Country

The average rating for A Man Without a Country based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-07-06 00:00:00 Jennie Donivan On April 11, 2007 ,at around 6am, I awoke to NPR news announcing that Kurt Vonnegut had passed away. Normally I would just go back to sleep, but I popped out of bed and went to my computer to confirm that it was really true (because you know how NPR gives false information all the time and shit). Then my next thought was to go to Half Priced books and buy every Kurt Vonnegut book there. So I set my alarm for 9am so I could make sure I was there when they opened the doors because I didn't want to have to wrestle anybody for those books. (Sometimes I am not always the most rational person) I was lucky enough to find a 1st edition of this book. That evening I read it and basically cried through the whole thing. I remember saying to my dad, while sucking back snot and tears, "There is no one else to replace him. Nobody thinks they way he did." I wanted to take Kurt Vonnegut and package him up and preserve him forever. What can I say, I'm the Jeffrey Dahmer of the literature world. But how selfish of me, right? The man was 84 for christ's sake. This is probably the worst "review" ever, because it is not really a review. Who am I to review Kurt Vonnegut? I'm no one, just another mediocre mind in this world. And all I know that a someone great is now gone.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-12-12 00:00:00 Khalif Williams "Many years ago I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and reasonable America so many members of my generation used to dream of." Kurt Vonnegut's darkly twisted cantankerous humor mixed with genuine compassion for the human condition makes its way into A Man Without a Country. This book, apparently the closest thing to a memoir Vonnegut ever wrote, is a must read for Vonnegut fans (and I definitely count myself in that camp). Vonnegut has a way of looking at the world that is often quite rationale, but all the same surprising (and sometimes disturbing). This is a great start to Vonnegut's thinking or a great companion for those who have already read some of Vonnegut's classics like Cat's Cradle or Slaughterhouse Five.