Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

 275 pages / 5 hrs, 54 mins

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.

From Goodreads' About the Author: "His experiences as an advance scout in the Battle of the Bulge, and in particular his witnessing of the bombing of Dresden, Germany whilst a prisoner of war, would inform much of his work. This event would also form the core of his most famous work, Slaughterhouse-Five, the book which would make him a millionaire. This acerbic 200-page book is what most people mean when they describe a work as "Vonnegutian" in scope."

I'm not sure I have words to express my thoughts about this strange and interesting novel. It will stay with me for a long time. I listened to this on the library's CD copy, and when it was finished, I didn't remove it from the player right away. Then the author started talking about the book and his experience in WWII. It gave some closure to the story.