NPR: Cat's Cradle https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1135137421 Cat's Cradle en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Fri, 08 May 2026 02:04:46 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Cat's Cradle https://www.npr.org/tags/1135137421/cats-cradle Kurt Vonnegut would have turned 100 today — his war novels are relevant as ever The author — who died in 2007 at the age of 84 — wrote satirical novels that won him a cult-like following among young people in the 1960s. Vonnegut's novels communicated: "Hey, you're not alone." Fri, 11 Nov 2022 05:00:22 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1135127289/kurt-vonnegut-slaughterhouse-five-cats-cradle https://www.npr.org/2022/11/11/1135127289/kurt-vonnegut-slaughterhouse-five-cats-cradle Slaughterhouse-Five in the cellar of the former slaughterhouse where author Kurt Vonnegut, then an American prisoner of war, was held in Dresden, Germany.'/>

The author — who died in 2007 at the age of 84 — wrote satirical novels that won him a cult-like following among young people in the 1960s. Vonnegut's novels communicated: "Hey, you're not alone."

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