God bless you, Mr. Vonnegut
One of my favorite mainstream writers has shuffled off the mortal coil.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18066068/?GT1=9246
Nice quote at the end of that article:
“My father, like Hemingway, was a gun nut and was very unhappy late in life. But he was proud of not committing suicide. And I’ll do the same, so as not to set a bad example for my children.”
But he wasn't unhappy. He was saying this in humorous reflection about his past and family.
Uniquely, this self-deprecating humor didn't fall flat, as it so often does for me.
I'm going to miss this guy.
posted by BlankPhotog at 7:26 AM
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He had some kind things to say about libraries in his last book, Man Without a Country. He was actually saying something somewhat harsher about America generally. I never read the whole book, so I've put my name down for it at the library.
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