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A review by jkathleen5
Armageddon in Retrospect: And Other New and Unpublished Writings on War and Peace by Kurt Vonnegut
4.0
Vonnegut is one of my favorite authors and I love when I read any of his work that I haven’t read before. This was a great collection of essays and short stories centered around the topics of war and peace and humanity with Vonnegut’s signature wit and humor. Some stories were stronger than others, but the one I can’t stop thinking about is “Wailing Shall Be in All Streets.” It’s a much more real and personal story of the bombing of Dresden (compared to the fictionalized version in Slaughterhouse Five) and really lays bare Vonnegut’s view of war and its destruction.
“We accepted their congratulations with good grace and proper modesty, but I felt then as I feel now, that I would have given my life to save Dresden for the World’s generations to come. That is how everyone should feel about every city on Earth.”
“We accepted their congratulations with good grace and proper modesty, but I felt then as I feel now, that I would have given my life to save Dresden for the World’s generations to come. That is how everyone should feel about every city on Earth.”