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Kurt Vonnegut: unpublished work released through Kindle

A Vonnegut novella titled 'Basic Training,' about a young man visiting an eccentric relative, is available through Kindle only.

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Writer Kurt Vonnegut was still working at General Electric in the company's publicity department when he tried to sell 'Basic Training.'
  • By Molly Driscoll

A never-before-seen work by Kurt Vonnegut was published last week by Rosetta Books to be sold exclusively through the Amazon Kindle 蝉迟辞谤别.听

The novella, titled 鈥淏asic Training,鈥� is said to be autobiographical and centers on protagonist Haley Brandon, who visits a relative known as the General who is determined to win Haley over to his perception of American values.聽

鈥淏asic Training鈥� was rejected by the publications 鈥淭he Saturday Evening Post鈥� and 鈥淢cCalls鈥� when Vonnegut shopped his work around in the 1940s. He was still working at the publicity department of General Electric at the time and was not yet well-known as a writer.

The book is being published as a Kindle Single and is available for purchase for $1.99.

Molly Driscoll is a Monitor contributor.

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