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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 288 pages and is available in paperback format. As he writes in the introduction, my great big fish, which stunk so, was entitled timequake. Vonnegut s first novel in seven years and 14th overall might by an extremely generous extension of the term be labeled an unassuming metafiction. Looking for books by kurt vonnegut jr see all books authored by kurt vonnegut jr. The main characters of this non fiction, writing story are. Kurt vonnegut interview on his life and career 1983 duration. Publication date 1998 topics space and time fiction, large type books publisher. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading timequake. Timequake was one of vonnegut s last books maybe the last book. Kurt vonnegut project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Timequake by means of kurt vonnegut show description.
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