![]() ![]() ![]() In the meantime, chat about book club selections and other literary interests with Charity and hundreds of other readers from across the state in the Talk of Iowa Book Club Facebook group. The meaningfulness of moral reasoning, indeed the possibility of morality in a world that demands duplicity, is its theme. Pick up the book now and join the discussion on February 16 th. Kurt Vonnegut’s Mother Night, first published in 1961, is a morally troubling but also morally troubled book. Interested in joining the next meeting of the Talk of Iowa Book Club? Our February selection is “The Queen’s Gambit” by Walter Tevis. Black satire of the highest polish GuardianWhilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W. ![]() Host Charity Nebbe is joined by Vonnegut scholars Jerome Klinkowitz and Suzanne McConnell as well as first-time Vonnegut reader Caleb Rainey for a discussion of this timeless modern classic. Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night tags: action, attitude, choice, imagination, inspiration, life, pretend Read more quotes from Kurt Vonnegut Jr. It’s a new season of the Talk of Iowa Book Club. Vonnegut’s first novel takes us into an automated, dystopian future his second carries us deep into outer space but Mother Night (1961), his third novel, brings us back to Earth and to the not-so-distant past. 40 likes, 16 comments - Ella (ellathebookowl) on Instagram: 'Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park To me, love is a thing you cant stop when you. Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library 2017 - All Rights Reserved The Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library is a 501(c)(3) private nonprofit organization The Kurt Vonnegut. While the book explores an era of misinformation and mass tragedy decades in the past, the themes feel eerily relevant to the state of affairs in 2021. First published in 1961, then republished several years later from Iowa City, Kurt Vonnegut’s “Mother Night” explores issues of morality, humanity and individual responsibility in the aftermath of World War II. ![]()
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