Slaughterhouse-Five

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Slaughterhouse-Five is Kurt Vonnegut’s darkly comic, anti-war science fiction novel that follows Billy Pilgrim’s disjointed experiences of World War II and time travel, widely regarded as a classic of 20th-century American literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-war novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
adaptation Slaughterhouse-Five (1972 film) ⓘ
linked to: Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five (stage adaptations) ⓘ
author Kurt Vonnegut ⓘ
censorshipStatus frequently challenged book in the United States ⓘ
character Billy Pilgrim ⓘ
Edgar Derby ⓘ
Kilgore Trout ⓘ
Montana Wildhack ⓘ
Roland Weary ⓘ
Tralfamadorians ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
famousLine So it goes. ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector George Roy Hill ⓘ
filmAdaptationYear 1972 ⓘ
genre metafiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
war fiction ⓘ
hasAutobiographicalElements true ⓘ
inspiredBy Kurt Vonnegut’s experience as a POW in Dresden ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
literarySignificance classic of 20th-century American literature ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person frame narrator ⓘ
third-person limited ⓘ
narrativeTechnique nonlinear narrative ⓘ
time travel ⓘ
notableEventDepicted Bombing of Dresden in World War II ⓘ
linked to: bombing of Dresden
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalTitle Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death ⓘ
linked to: Slaughterhouse-Five
placeInAuthorOeuvre one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most famous works ⓘ
protagonist Billy Pilgrim ⓘ
publicationYear 1969 ⓘ
publisher Delacorte Press ⓘ
setting Dresden ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Ilium, New York ⓘ
linked to: Ilion, New York

World War II ⓘ
structure 10 chapters ⓘ
theme absurdity of war ⓘ
death ⓘ
fatalism ⓘ
free will and determinism ⓘ
memory and time ⓘ
trauma and PTSD ⓘ

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