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Novels by Kurt Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, Player Piano, the Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, Bluebeard, Breakfast of Champion
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-02.
ISBN 9781155232348
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, Player Piano, the Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, Bluebeard, Breakfast of Champions, Slapstick, Hocus Pocus, Timequake, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Galápagos, Deadeye Dick, Jailbird. Excerpt: Bluebeard Bluebeard, the Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian (1916-1988) is a 1987 novel by best-selling author Kurt Vonnegut . It is told as a first person narrative and describes the late years of fictional Abstract Expressionist painter Rabo Karabekian , who first appeared, rather briefly, in Breakfast of Champions . Circumstances of the novel bear rough resemblance to the fairy tale of Bluebeard popularized by Charles Perrault . Karabekian mentions this relationship once in the novel. Plot summary At the opening of the book, the narrator, Rabo Karabekian , apologizes to the arriving guests: "I promised you an autobiography, but something went wrong in the kitchen..." He describes himself as a museum guard who answers questions from visitors coming to see his priceless collected art. He shares the lonely home with his live-in cook and her daughter, Celeste. One afternoon, Circe Berman wanders onto Karabekian's private beach. When he reaches out to greet her, she catches him by surprise with the forward statement "Tell me how your parents died." He tells her the story and proceeds to invite her back to his home for a drink. After a drink and supper, Karabekian invites her to stay with him, as Paul Slazinger does. After a time, he begins to find her charm "manipulative", as she typically gets her way. Mrs. Berman does not respect his abstract art collection, including works by Jackson Pollock . She explores every inch of Karabekian's home, constantly asking him questions. The only place that is off-limits to her is the potato barn. The potato barn is the h
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Novels by Kurt Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five, Player Piano, the Sirens of Titan, Mother Night, Bluebeard, Breakfast of Champion
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