{"product_id":"while-mortals-sleep-9780385343749","title":"While Mortals Sleep","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Foreword by Dave Eggers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese previously unpublished, beautifully rendered works of fiction are a testament to Kurt Vonnegut's unique blend of observation and imagination. Here are stories of men and machines, art and artifice, and how ideals of fortune, fame, and love take curious twists in ordinary lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn ambitious builder of roads fritters away his free time with miniature trains--until the women in his life crash his fantasy land. Trapped in a stenography pool, a young dreamer receives a call from a robber on the run, who presents her with a strange proposition. A crusty newspaperman is forced onto a committee to judge Christmas displays--a job that leads him to a suspiciously ostentatious ex-con and then a miracle. Featuring a Foreword by Dave Eggers, \u003ci\u003eWhile Mortals Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant reflection of our world as it is and as it could be. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes the following stories: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Jenny\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Epizootic\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Hundred-Dollar Kisses\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Guardian of the Person\"\u003cbr\u003e \"With His Hand on the Throttle\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Girl Pool\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Ruth\"\u003cbr\u003e \"While Mortals Sleep\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Out, Brief Candle\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Tango\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Bomar\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Man Without No Kiddleys\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Mr. Z\"\u003cbr\u003e \"$10,000 a Year, Easy\"\u003cbr\u003e \"Money Talks\"\u003cbr\u003e \"The Humbugs\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWhile Mortals Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Immensely readable and thoroughly entertaining.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Taut, concise . . . The stories set themselves up with neat swiftness, proceed at a clip, and shut down with equal speed,  showing Vonnegut] honing his skills in structure and satire.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A lovely reminder of the mischievous moral voice we lost when we lost Kurt Vonnegut.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--San Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"These stories were all good when they were written decades ago, but many strike me as great now. Never has the voice of Kurt Vonnegut, humanist and humorist, been more relevant.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"There's something distinctly timeless about Vonnegut's vision.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eMinneapolis\u003ci\u003e Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKurt Vonnegut\u003c\/b\u003e's humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens of Titan\u003c\/i\u003e in 1959 and established him as \"a true artist\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) with \u003ci\u003eCat's Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, \"one of the best living American writers.\" Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDave Eggers\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of six previous books, including \u003ci\u003eZeitoun, What Is the What, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the founder and editor of McSweeney's, an independent publishing house. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dial Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615720542482,"sku":"9780385343749","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7f4c562c-b116-4b19-992e-802b7e09f926.jpg?v=1732498810","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/while-mortals-sleep-9780385343749","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}