Kurt Vonnegut: unpublished work released through Kindle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.
A Vonnegut novella titled 'Basic Training,' about a young man visiting an eccentric relative, is available through Kindle only.
A never-before-seen work by Kurt Vonnegut was published last week by Rosetta Books to be sold exclusively through the Amazon Kindle store.聽
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.