Illustrated by Joonho Ko
Introduced by Michael Dirda
First Printing
It’s the end of the world as we know it … The Folio edition of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle features illustrations by Joonho Ko and an introduction by Michael Dirda.
‘One of the warmest, wisest, funniest voices to be found anywhere in fiction.’
- Daily Telegraph
Cat’s Cradle is one of Vonnegut’s greatest novels, a pitch-black, hilarious tale of the end of the world and the outrageous human mistakes that led to it. Korean artist Joonho Ko has created seven full-colour illustrations that feel like propaganda posters from another dimension: geometric in style and full of unsettling symmetry, they hold tiny crystals of dark humour.
Published the year after the Cuban missile crisis, Cat’s Cradle is the product of a world recovering from two devastating wars whilst in the midst of a new type of conflict. Vonnegut, who famously survived the bombing of Dresden by hiding in the meat locker of a slaughterhouse, was one of the great literary figures of the 20th century, and his sharp satirical novels – as funny as they are thought provoking – are postmodern classics.
This handsome collector’s edition features a slipcase blocked with a cat’s cradle pattern, and a striking binding also designed by Joonho Ko. In his exclusive introduction for this edition, Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Dirda looks at the legacy of an author who captured the conflicts and lunacy of the last century.
PRODUCTION DETAILS
Bound in printed and blocked, soft touch laminated paper
Set in Minion Pro
232 pages
Frontispiece and 6 colour illustrations
Blocked slipcase
9½˝ x 6¼˝
The end is nigh
The first illustrated edition
Overpriced and poorly bound
Review by Jason Shambaugh on 13th February 2025
Love having another Vonnegut title in my collection.
Review by LARRY GRANBERRY on 6th December 2024
Excellent edition. Prompt delivery. Enjoyed reading the novel. Always a good experience with Folio.
Review by MR KENT OMHOLT-JENSEN on 5th November 2024
Great book befittingly brought out
Review by Harsha Bellur on 24th October 2024
Beautiful edition of the book that matches the photos. Exceeded expectations and was the perfect gift.
Review by Catherine Gordon on 7th July 2024
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