Captive Bird

Jailbird

*Don't be tamed by rules, be brave and be extraordinary.*
【Recommendation】
-A masterpiece by Vonnegut, the "Master of Hell's Jokes."
-A milestone in American postmodern literature, a portrait of American intellectuals in the 20th century
-An elite intellectual gradually became a "cage bird" in the real world
-Haruki Murakami, Park Chan-wook, Kim Min-soo, Mu Xin, Mai Jia and others all love to read Vonnegut's works.
-Translator Dong Leshan's classic translation
-The inside cover features a hand-drawn illustration by Vonnegut
-Reading Vonnegut is like using black humor to resist absurd reality.
【Content Introduction】
+++Feng-style black humor+++
The world is a makeshift team: a group of Harvard elites were imprisoned because of a mediocre staff member, and Harvard alumni became strange cellmates.
The arrogance of the elite: he can obey every law and still be the worst criminal of his time. Not everyone is a pig in the wind: ordinary people are just farts in the storm; after gaining weight in middle age, they become fat men in the storm.
But we are all caged birds: we are not content with the status quo, yet we crave comfort.
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At 66, Starbuck is about to go to prison for the third time.
Over the past few decades, he has attended Harvard University, edited a pioneering newspaper, and entered the White House, working for his imagined peace, prosperity, and happiness.
In the hearts of some people, he is a hero; in his own heart, he is a habitual criminal - he has never risked his life for all mankind. For many years, he has been just a "prisoner" who follows the instructions and rules of others.
Now, he was willing to go to prison, because for him, no matter where he was, it was a prison.
【Media Comments】
◆One of the most important humanists in American history.
——The Guardian
◆Our extremely outstanding black humor writer.
—The Atlantic Monthly
◆Vonnegut's novels are both funny and sad, his pain is never serious, he is unique.
—Doris Lessing (Nobel Prize winner in Literature)
◆One of the best contemporary American writers.
——Graham Greene ◆ Without Vonnegut, there might not have been my debut novel "Hear the Wind Sing"
——Haruki Murakami [Golden Quotes]
* Stay calm.
* Those young people may have nothing to say because they have been told to "shut up" for a long time in their lives.
* I have never risked my life, or my comfortable life, for humanity. Shame on me.
* We are but farts in the storm—please excuse my vulgarity—or, as the beggar woman with the shopping bags said, “fat men in the storm.”
* Even the gods cannot win the battle against stupidity.
* This is my life. I always walk through the wrong door first.

2023-11-30

北京日报出版社

Duoke Culture

272

9787547745830