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Fates Worse than Death, subtitled An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s, is a 1991 collection of essays, speeches, and other previously uncollected writings by author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. In the introduction to the book, Vonnegut acknowledges that the book is similar to an earlier book, Palm Sunday.
- Kurt Vonnegut
- 1991
Fates Worse than Death are disturbingly common in Saya no Uta. The protagonist, Fuminori, is unable to see the world as anything other than a mess of infected-looking flesh and so finds himself trying to figure out a painless way to die before meeting the eponymous Saya.
A list of hypothetical scenarios that people find more dreadful than dying, such as immortality, solitary confinement, or being eaten alive. Some of the entries are based on personal experiences or stories, while others are purely imaginative or humorous.
About Fates Worse Than Death “An anthology in which Vonnegut freely quotes himself on everything from art and architecture to madness and mass murder…Uncompromising.”—Los Angeles Times “Honest and scarily funny, and it offers a rare insight into an author who has customarily hidden his heart.”—New York Times
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- Overview
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is a collection published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in 1991. Like its predecessor, Palm Sunday, it is described as "an autobiographical collage" and largely consists of previously uncollected articles and unpublished speeches by Vonnegut, connected throughout by new material.
Preface Chapter I
•"Sleeping Beauty"
Chapter II
•"Address to the American Psychiatric Association"
Chapter III
•"Art/Great Beginnings: In Praise of the Incomplete" •"Jack the Dripper" •A Special Message to Readers of the Franklin Library edition of
Whether the subject is a death in the family, Vonnegut's own brush with suicidal depression, the future of the planet, the Galapagos, or his keen interest in discovering if indeed there is a fate...
1. Jan. 2001 · A sequel to one of Vonnegut’s earlier essay collection Fates Worse Than Death gives a glimpse into Kurt’s life in the mid 90’s and explores how he was feeling after the death of his best friend and his feeling that his life was coming into the final stages and what he thought that meant.
