A Man Without a Country.A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Kurt Vonnegut Noun 1. Kurt Vonnegut - United States writer whose novels and short stories are a mixture of realism and satire and science fiction (born in 1922) Vonnegut . 2005. Read by Norman Dietz. 2 tapes. 2.5 hrs. Recorded Books. 1-4193-6455-3. $19.75. Vinyl; content, reader notes. SA 83-year-old curmudgeon cur·mudg·eon n. An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions. [Origin unknown.] cur·mudg Kurt Vonnegut makes humorous and vitriolic observations on a wide variety of subjects: imagination, semicolons, George Bush, war, silk-screening, the evils of capitalism, "the crucified planet Earth," art, himself, and the condition of the American soul today. The book was written over the last five years and celebrates the virtues of humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was . However, as a socialist and humanist hu·man·ist n. 1. A believer in the principles of humanism. 2. One who is concerned with the interests and welfare of humans. 3. a. A classical scholar. b. A student of the liberal arts. , Vonnegut has much to complain of in American politics and economy. He considers himself, along with his heroes Carl Sandburg and Abraham Lincoln, a continental freshwater person. He recalls his experiences in Dresden during WW II, when the city was firebombed out of existence. He says that total catastrophes can be terribly amusing, but he cannot find humor in the deaths of JFK or Martin Luther King, Jr. Norman Dietz narrates with brio. This professional storyteller perfectly captures Vonnegut's wry, ironic, satiric sa·tir·i·cal or sa·tir·ic adj. Of, relating to, or characterized by satire. See Synonyms at sarcastic. sa·tir  i·cal·ly adv. tone. The book is recommended to Vonnegut's fans and all curmudgeons. Janet Julian, English Teacher, Grafton, MA
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