{"product_id":"kurt-vonnegut-drawings","title":"Kurt Vonnegut: Drawings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Monacelli Press, 2014, hardcover, 176 pages, 19.8 x 26.1 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReaders around the world know Kurt Vonnegut as the iconic author of books such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCat’s Cradle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Far fewer fans know that Vonnegut was also a talented graphic artist who drew as prodigiously as he wrote.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKurt Vonnegut Drawings \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebrings together the finest examples of Vonnegut’s funny, strange, and moving drawings in one beautifully designed volume. With a hint of cubism, mixed with a Paul Klee gift for caricature, a Calder-like ability to balance colour and line, and more than a touch of sixties psychedelic sensibility, Vonnegut’s aesthetic is as idiosyncratic and defiant of tradition as his books. For Vonnegut, making art was a joyful activity; his delight is evident in the work featured here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing 150 illustrations, some never before published, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKurt Vonnegut Drawings \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealso \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eincludes an introduction by Vonnegut’s daughter, Nanette, who shares an intimate remembrance of her father, and an essay by Peter Reed, a scholar and Vonnegut’s long-time friend.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60332581781888,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/41w6VD7e8WL._SY445_SX342_ML2.jpg?v=1793965844","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/kurt-vonnegut-drawings","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}