Slaughterhouse 5

Slaughterhouse‑Five” by Kurt Vonnegut is a postmodern anti‑war classic following Billy Pilgrim, a World War II soldier who becomes “unstuck in time” and witnesses the firebombing of Dresden as a prisoner in an underground slaughterhouse. Blending science fiction, dark humour, and nonlinear narrative, the novel jumps between the battlefield, suburban America, and alien Tralfamadore to question free will, fate, and the absurdity of war.