Slaughterhouse-five

Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-... (more)

Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden. (less)

A suburban optometrist lives simultaneously in the present, in his past as a naive American POW, and in the future as a ... (more)

A suburban optometrist lives simultaneously in the present, in his past as a naive American POW, and in the future as a zoo resident on the planet Tralfamadore. (less)