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The central character of Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five,” Billy Pilgrim becomes “unstuck in time.” He experiences his life out of order: one moment he’s a soldier in WWII, and then—suddenly—he’s living in a zoo on the planet Tralfamadore, the unwilling exhibit of a race of aliens who perceive all of time simultaneously.

Book Corner: So it goes

by Jessica Wang, Winged Post Managing Editor May 8, 2025

Billy Pilgrim, an unassuming optometrist, becomes “unstuck in time.” He experiences his life out of order: one moment he’s at his daughter’s wedding, the next he’s a soldier in WWII, and then—suddenly—he’s...

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