Nanette Vonnegut, a painter and writer, is the daughter of Kurt Vonnegut. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.Peter Reed was an emeritus professor of English at the University of Minnesota. A longtime friend of Vonnegut, he wrote extensively on the author’s work.

‘Reveals the satirist as a visual artist, collecting 150 whimsical doodles that his daughter Nanette, who also writes the introduction, kept private for decades.’ – Air Mail‘Kurt Vonnegut is known less for his graphic art than for satiric masterpieces like Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions. But as a writer who draws, he’s not alone – Victor Hugo,Tom Wolfe, Günter Grass, and John Updike have all sketched and doodled…“Had my father been granted two lifetimes,” Nanette writes, “I have no doubt he would have mastered some aspect of the visual arts. And he would have cursed it and wished he had chosen to be a poet instead.”’ – New York Times Book Review‘The refreshing images featured here “illustrate beautifully a creative mind at play,” and will delight Vonnegut fans.’ – Publishers Weekly

Nanette Vonnegut, a painter and writer, is the daughter of Kurt Vonnegut. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.Peter Reed was an emeritus professor of English at the University of Minnesota. A longtime friend of Vonnegut, he wrote extensively on the author’s work.

‘Reveals the satirist as a visual artist, collecting 150 whimsical doodles that his daughter Nanette, who also writes the introduction, kept private for decades.’ – Air Mail‘Kurt Vonnegut is known less for his graphic art than for satiric masterpieces like Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions. But as a writer who draws, he’s not alone – Victor Hugo,Tom Wolfe, Günter Grass, and John Updike have all sketched and doodled…“Had my father been granted two lifetimes,” Nanette writes, “I have no doubt he would have mastered some aspect of the visual arts. And he would have cursed it and wished he had chosen to be a poet instead.”’ – New York Times Book Review‘The refreshing images featured here “illustrate beautifully a creative mind at play,” and will delight Vonnegut fans.’ – Publishers Weekly

Nanette Vonnegut, a painter and writer, is the daughter of Kurt Vonnegut. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.Peter Reed was an emeritus professor of English at the University of Minnesota. A longtime friend of Vonnegut, he wrote extensively on the author’s work.

‘Reveals the satirist as a visual artist, collecting 150 whimsical doodles that his daughter Nanette, who also writes the introduction, kept private for decades.’ – Air Mail‘Kurt Vonnegut is known less for his graphic art than for satiric masterpieces like Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions. But as a writer who draws, he’s not alone – Victor Hugo,Tom Wolfe, Günter Grass, and John Updike have all sketched and doodled…“Had my father been granted two lifetimes,” Nanette writes, “I have no doubt he would have mastered some aspect of the visual arts. And he would have cursed it and wished he had chosen to be a poet instead.”’ – New York Times Book Review‘The refreshing images featured here “illustrate beautifully a creative mind at play,” and will delight Vonnegut fans.’ – Publishers Weekly