02201cam a2200313 4500 2486002696 TxAuBib 20240815120000.0 250815s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780440339403 0440339405 hhe89 CloudLibrary MnSpTMCL eng MnSpTMCL TxAuBib Vonnegut, Kurt. Confido (Stories) [CloudLibrary] / Vonnegut, Kurt. [S.l. : Random House Publishing Group, 2009. 1 online resource. 14 p. Electronic book. Look at the Birdie is a collection of fourteen previously unpublished short stories from one of the most original writers in all of American fiction. In this series of perfectly rendered vignettes, written just as he was starting to find his comic voice, Kurt Vonnegut paints a warm, wise, and often funny portrait of life in post—World War II America–a world where squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented affluence. In “Confido,” a laboratory assistant’s magical invention promises to put his family on easy street at last. But is a machine that gives voice to our innermost thoughts and unspoken grievances really the key to happiness–or a direct line to despair? “Confido” and the thirteen other never-before-published pieces that comprise Look at the Birdie serve as an unexpected gift for devoted readers who thought that Kurt Vonnegut’s unique voice had been stilled forever–and provide a terrific introduction to his short fiction for anyone who has yet to experience his genius. Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Random House Publishing Group 2009 Available via World Wide Web. Format: Adobe EPUB. Requires: CloudLibrary (file size: 1.7 MB.) FICTION|Literary. FICTION|Short Stories (single author.) FICTION|Satire. Electronic books. CloudLibrary. https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/maineinfonet-document_id-hhe89 CloudLibrary