Rave Once Again For Kurt Vonnegut's 'A Man Without A Country'

It was George Carlin who said in one of his last tours, if I may paraphrase, 'You can do anything when you get old.' His comments were a satire on a culture, us, that basically tries to put our elderly behind them  ignoring their behavior and justify it as they are simply getting old. George was 70 when he did that routine and I think that George's satire parallels that found here in Kurt's work of 'A Man Without a Country'.

Kurt Vonnegut was age 82 when he published 'A Man Without A Country'. I think he and George Carlin were thinking just alike about aging, society and our behavior. Kurt openly speaks his mind as he always has, but in 'A Man Without A Country' he tends to let it all out in his cynical and humorous methods.

What he give us in these pages is his inner thoughts on his work, on the world and his bleak vision of our species future. I can't totally agree with him on everything in this regard but it was interesting nonetheless.

George and Kurt found a way to the same viewpoints on society by very different paths. I rave and applaud both of them. Read their stories and listen to what they say especially what they say.

If someone has never read any of Kurt's work before, they should start with this title. A peek into how he feels and thinks will open the passages like never possible without these insights first. I want to re-read them all again as if I had never read them before.