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Player Piano

A Novel
By Kurt Vonnegut
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Player Piano tells the chilling story of engineer Paul Proteus, navigating a future American society dominated by machines and controlled by a supercomputer. As automation strips humans of their roles, Paul's rebellion emerges as both a humorous and serious critique of technology's impact on humanity.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This novel suits readers interested in satirical, speculative fiction exploring societal and technological themes, especially fans of dark humour and philosophical reflection.

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Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a super computer and run completely by machines. His rebellion is a wildly funny, darkly satirical look at modern society.

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“A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future.” — San Francisco Chronicle

Kurt Vonnegut’s first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines. Paul’s rebellion is vintage Vonnegut—wildly funny, deadly serious, and terrifyingly close to reality.

Praise for Player Piano

“An exuberant, crackling style . . . Vonnegut is a black humorist, fantasist and satirist, a man disposed to deep and comic reflection on the human dilemma.” — Life

“His black logic . . . gives us something to laugh about and much to fear.” — The New York Times Book Review

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San Francisco Chronicle calls it "a funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future." Life praises Vonnegut's "exuberant, crackling style" and describes him as a "black humorist, fantasist and satirist" who reflects deeply and comically on human dilemmas. The New York Times Book Review highlights his "black logic" that "gives us something to laugh about and much to fear."

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780385333788

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 January 1999

Country: United States

Imprint: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 255g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

Kurt Vonnegut’s humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as “a true artist” (The New York Times) with Cat’s Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, “one of the best living American writers.” Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.

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