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Slice of Life

By: Kurt Vonnegut
Narrated by: Gabra Zackman
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The corridor of the Fine Arts Building was deserted, save for two figures at the far end, two men approaching slowly. Rose was about to go into the classroom, where she'd left her purse, when she saw a sign on the door - a crude sign in pencil, on a ragged sheet of paper. "Collapse of Western Civilization - Dr. Norbert Beilstein," it said. "Visitors welcome."

Previously unpublished, Slice of Life - about a college coed's winter-induced dream - is an early testament to Kurt Vonnegut's original voice and curious imagination.

©2016 Kurt Vonnegut (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Political
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The story was able to reel me deep in ideas but the narration was somewhat frustrating. I wish this story continued. When it finished I expected it to really start.

Great story

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Even though this story has clearly aged poorly, I wonder if perhaps it had more than a few years on it when the ink was still fresh.

Content aside, the execution is clunky at best.

Not one of his best

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