Player Piano
| Year of Publication |
1952
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
295 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. |
| Publisher |
Charles Scribner's Sons
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
Ten years after a fictitious Third World War, American workers are mostly replaced by machines, and engineers and managers are deeply divided from a now nearly-useless working class. When Paul Proteus, a super engineer, is offered a promotion as manager of his corporation’s flagship, he struggles to determine where his loyalties lie.
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| Author Biography |
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1922-2007), born in Indianapolis, studied at Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Tennessee before finally earning a degree from the University of Chicago. He served in World War II, where he was captured by the Germans.
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| Time |
Near future
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