Kurt Vonnegut "While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction" Signed Limited First Edition of 800, Leather-Bound

Personally signed by Kurt Vonnegut, the influential American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels.

SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF ONLY 800. THIS IS NUMBER 455.

Easton Press. Norwalk, CT. 2011. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr . "While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction". Signed First Edition. Luxuriously bound in full genuine leather. A magnificent heirloom for the collector. Limited Edition of only 800 produced. This edition, issued after his passing in 2007, has been SIGNED by the author Kurt Vonnegut on a tipped in sheet prior to publication. It includes sixteen previously unpublished short stories in a collection of works from the beginning of Vonnegut's career.

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* Premium Leather
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* Hubbed Spine, Accented in Real 22KT Gold
* Satin Ribbon Page Marker
* Gilded Page Edges
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* Smyth-sewn Pages for Strength and Durability
* Beautiful Illustrations

"While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction"

This book was a NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Forward by Dave Eggers

These previously unpublished, beautifully rendered works of fiction are a testament to Kurt Vonnegut's unique blend of observation and imagination. Here are stories of men and machines, art and artifice, and how ideals of fortune, fame, and love take curious twists in ordinary lives. An ambitious builder of roads fritters away his free time with miniature trains, until the women in his life crash his fantasy land. Trapped in a stenography pool, a young dreamer receives a call from a robber on the run, who presents her with a strange proposition. A crusty newspaperman is forced onto a committee to judge Christmas displays a job that leads him to a suspiciously ostentatious ex-con and then a miracle. Featuring a Foreword by Dave Eggers, While Mortals Sleep is a poignant reflection of our world as it is and as it could be.

Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922. He studied at the universities of Chicago and Tennessee and later began to write short stories for magazines. His first novel, Player Piano, was published in 1951 and since then he has written many novels, among them: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Mother Night (1961), Cat's Cradle (1963), God Bless You Mr Rosewater (1964), Welcome to the Monkey House; a collection of short stories (1968), Breakfast of Champions (1973), Slapstick, or Lonesome No More (1976), Jailbird (1979), Deadeye Dick (1982), Galapagos (1985), Bluebeard (1988) and Hocus Pocus (1990). During the Second World War he was held prisoner in Germany and was present at the bombing of Dresden, an experience which provided the setting for his most famous work to date, Slaughterhouse Five (1969). He has also published a volume of autobiography entitled Palm Sunday (1981) and a collection of essays and speeches, Fates Worse Than Death (1991).