gamavor Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 ....He was not just a writer, but educator. A whole generation educated with Slaughterhouse N 5. He was not stranger to Armenians. In one of his latest novels "Bluebeard", the main character is the painter Rabo Karabekian. At the end it turns out that he was a good guy ..."That the human condition can be summed up in just one word, and this is the word:Embarrassment". Rest in peace dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoushik Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Wow, I didn't know that he passed away. I read his Timequake a couple of years ago, from my dad's library. Of course, I have to read it again, as at that time I didn't completely grasp it. Rest in peace Mr. Vonnegut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Great author - sad to see him go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 I literally went blank when I read the news of his passing in the paper. Rest in Peace Kurt. You will be missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takoush Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 In These Timeshis columns, he attacked on the George W. Bush's administration and the Iraqi war. He said, "By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East?"; "Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas." This is what he thought about G.W. Bush and John Kerry and how right he was. "no matter which one wins, we will have a Skull and Bones President at a time when entire vertebrate species, because of how we have poisoned the topsoil, the waters and the atmosphere, are becoming, hey presto, nothing but skulls and bones." May you rest in peace Kurt vonnegut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamavor Posted April 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2007 This was on Armenian news. Yesterday, at the age of 84, Kurt Vonnegut, one of America's greatest author's and a really good friend to Armenians died. He wrote fiction, and one of his 14 novels was "Bluebeard", a fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekian. Another work of his is "God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian", in which Dr. Kevorkian supposedly helps him die for short periods of time so he can briefly experience heaven. Armenians have printed full page ads in the New York Times before calling on the Turkish Government to admit to the genocide, which was signed by a number of scholars and others... Kurt Vonnegut was on that list as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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