11: Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut.
A little monument of irony, black humor and sentimentality, Slaughterhouse Five contains some of Vonnegut’s signature characters, like the fictional novelist Kilgore Trout and the omnipresent Trafalmadorians. The novel tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, who lives a nonlinear life and keeps experiencing random moments in his life, since he has come unstuck in time. Taking up Billy’s own perspective, the narration becomes as disjointed as his own timeline intersects with history, in particular with World War Two and the bombing of Dresden.
A deliciously complicated novel written in deceivingly simple sentences.
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