Player Piano
by Vonnegut Jr., Kurt
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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truth or consequences, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. 1st . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 295pp.; HB green w/silver; slight rub w/spine sunned; bk.cover w/fold; clean,tight pgs. Unhappy people run by machines. Vonnegut classic
Synopsis
Player Piano, author Kurt Vonnegut's first novel, was published in 1952. It is a dystopia of automation and capitalism, describing the dereliction they cause in the quality of life. The story takes place in a near-future society that is almost totally mechanized, eliminating the need for human laborers.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Xochis Bookstore and Gallery (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 058261
- Title
- Player Piano
- Author
- Vonnegut Jr., Kurt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction; Vonnegut
- Bookseller catalogs
- Stan;
Terms of Sale
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- Jacket
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