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  • While Mortals Sleep

  • Unpublished Short Fiction
  • By: Kurt Vonnegut
  • Narrated by: Norman Dietz
  • Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (43 ratings)

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While Mortals Sleep

By: Kurt Vonnegut
Narrated by: Norman Dietz
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Publisher's summary

Kurt Vonnegut made his mark as one of America’s most influential writers with novels such as Slaughterhouse Five, named one of the 100 best English-language novels by Time. Published posthumously, While Mortals Sleep is a collection of 16 short stories, written early in Vonnegut’s career, that further cements his status as an American literary icon.

©2011 The Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Trust (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC
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old stories before he got to be the KV I've loved

I am Kurt Vonnegut fan, have been for 30+ years but was so dissapointed to find these stores were pulled from long, long ago (IMHO) before KV became the writer I love. Nothing wrong with just being 'old' but the pazazzz of KV wasn't yet developed.. I feel I wasted a token getting these short stories. Narrator did great job, just the KV I know wasn't there! sorry to have to say this and I remain a Vonnegut fan, just not a fan of 'While Mortals Sleep'. I still recommend KV, get them, enjoy them.... just not this one.

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Not worth a credit

The performance is poor. The writing is not fully realized Vonnegut (id recommend staying away from his short stories). The audio mixing is to laugh at. The beginning of the chapter while mortals sleep jumped between all the different words on the page, resulting in an unintelligible word salad. Not as bad as a stroke, but pretty close.

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