"Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time"
Kurt Vonnegut Jr's 1969 novel Slaughter-House Five ( or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death), it about a World War II veteran named Billy Pilgrim who has become "unstuck" in time, and he travels between various time periods of his life. Also he "travels" to a planet called Tralfamadore, which is inhabited by aliens called Tralfamadorians, who can see in 4 dimensions, and have an interesting concept of time. Their way of seeing time is described as "seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains." Because of this they see death as a trivial thing since in all the other times they are alive and well, which coined the phrase in the book, "So it goes."
This is a great,creative, and thought provoking book. Even though the book is narrated by Vonnegut himself, we get a clear insight into the life and thoughts of Billy Pilgrim. Billy's actually my favorite character in the novel, because despite his experiences in the war, he is very innocent.
I like seeing his flashbacks from various points in time, but my favorite is probably when he imagines Tralfamadore (Which is basically how he copes with the horrors he faced in a POW camp.)
I recommend this book, as it has a thrilling tale and it's fun to see things through the eyes of Billy Pilgrim
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