1973.Kurt.Vonnegut-Breakfast.of.Champions

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1、BREAKFASTOFCHAMPIONSWithDrawingsByTheAuthorKURTVONNEGUTCopyrightBreakfastofChampionsCopyright©1973byKurtVonnegutCoverartande-Forewordtotheelectroniceditioncopyright©2000byRosettaBooks,LLCAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwrittenpermissionexcept

2、inthecaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincriticalarticlesandreviews.ForinformationaddressEditor@RosettaBooks.comFirstelectroniceditionpublished2000byRosettaBooksLLC,NewYork.ISBN0-7953-0241-XBreakfastofChampions2ContentseForewordPrefaceChapter1Chapter2Chapter3Chapter4Chapter5Chapter6Chapter7Chapter

3、8Chapter9Chapter10Chapter11Chapter12Chapter13Chapter14Chapter15Chapter16Chapter17Chapter18BreakfastofChampions3Chapter19Chapter20Chapter21Chapter22Chapter23Chapter24BreakfastofChampions4eForeword“Wearehealthyonlytotheextentthatourideasarehumane”—soreadstheepitaphforKilgoreTrout,whoisoneofseve

4、ralalteregosoftheauthorKurtVonnegutinhisexplosivelyfunnyandironic1973novelBreakfastofChampions.TheworldVonnegutexploresisnotahealthyone—asthetitlesuggests,itistheUnitedStatesofAmericaintheageofVietnam,NixonandtheSilentMajority—butitisdesperatelytryingtoseemso.Anobscuresciencefictionwritertake

5、sawildroadtriptothemiddleoftheMidwest,wherehisfatebecomesintertwinedwiththatofasuccessfulcardealerwhoisslowlygoingmad.Vonneguttakesthisopportunitytoquestionanumberofassumptions,includingtheverynatureofthenovelheiswriting.Atourdeforceofimaginationandscathinginsight,BreakfastofChampionsisoneoft

6、hemostdiscussedandwidelyreadAmericannovelsofthelate20thcentury.TheAmericannovelistKurtVonnegut(b.1922)occupiesanunusualbutenduringplaceinmodernAmericanfiction,thatoftheprolific,criticallyacclaimedwriterwhoseworkhasalsoenjoyedenormouspopularityandinspiredavirtualcultfollowing.Vonnegut’sfirstwo

7、rkappearedintheearly1950s,andfewwritershavecapturedthemodernageasconsistentlyandasimaginativelyashehas.Oftenblendingsatirewithsciencefiction,Vonnegut’swritingreflectsanacutesenseoftheironiesinmodernAmericanlife.Nowhereishisrichlyambivalentfee