Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at age 84
It's hard to overstate the effect that Kurt Vonnegut's work had on my psyche. I first read him as a teenager, and works of dark humor and mind-blowing originality like CAT'S CRADLE, BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS, and SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE rearranged my head. I remianed a fan all the way through his most recent work, the rather pessimistic A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
It saddens me to hear he's gone, but he's left an indelible mark on our culture that will live on.
If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph:
THE ONLY PROOF HE NEEDED
FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD
WAS MUSIC
-Kurt Vonnegut
You are so right, Dusty.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way; I
have a shelf full of his
books. I remember studying
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS in
college back in 1980: "Make
me young! Make me young!"
And don't forget THE SIRENS
OF TITAN or MOTHER NIGHT.
God Bless Kurt Vonnegut.
--- Lindsey Yadon
I'm in a bleak mood today with this news.
ReplyDeleteSo it goes.
I would not be a writer if it weren't for him.
ReplyDeleteI just wish I coulda met him once.