Sun Moon Star
  • Published: 15 December 2016
  • ISBN: 9781609807245
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $45.00

Sun Moon Star

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The only children's book by Kurt Vonnegut is a very Vonnegutian, which is to say humanistic and secular, take on the birth of "the Creator" told from the newborn's perspective.

Sun Moon Star is the story of the birth of Jesus--as told by Kurt Vonnegut. This children's book takes the newborn Jesus' perspective, offering beautiful and insightful descriptions of the world from someone newly born into it. In this book, we follow Jesus and meet the people most important to his life--presented in new and surprising ways. 

A powerful departure from Vonnegut's more adult work, Sun Moon Star gives readers a rare glimpse of the writer's talent in a format that's unique and unexpected. Originally published in 1980, the book is long out of print, but is available as an E-book.
  • Published: 15 December 2016
  • ISBN: 9781609807245
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $45.00
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Praise for Sun Moon Star

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"Kurt Vonnegut writing a children's book about the first day of the life of the Baby Jesus? YES PLEASE."

"There are a few children's books that we adults consider rare gems that are to be treasured for enumerable (sic) years and passed down to our children, and their children, and so on. For me those books include The Giving Tree, Charlotte's Web, Where the Wild Things Are, and I Love You Forever. Now I add to that list this wonderfully creative tale of the birth of Jesus told from his perspective..."

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