Reflection on various writers' struggles about how to write about War. Touches on Tolstoy, Grass, and Heller, and makes sense of Vonnegut's ironic humor.
This piece was adapted from a lecture delivered in April (2019), in Indianapolis, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of *Slaughterhouse-Five.*
Reflection on various writers' struggles about how to write about War. Touches on Tolstoy, Grass, and Heller, and makes sense of Vonnegut's ironic humor.
This piece was adapted from a lecture delivered in April (2019), in Indianapolis, to mark the fiftieth anniversary of *Slaughterhouse-Five.*