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Slaughterhouse-Five
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Kurt Vonnegut
Billy Pilgrim moves through the war, the bombing of Dresden, and a fragmented experience of time. The novel mixes science fiction, memory, and anti-war satire.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press
- Original language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 0385333846
- ISBN-13
- 9780385333849
- ASIN
- 0385333846
Why was Slaughterhouse-Five challenged?
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States in 1973. The book was burned in North Dakota and banned or challenged in several districts for its language, violence, and sexual content.
The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was Slaughterhouse-Five banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk · School
The book was burned in North Dakota and banned or challenged in several districts for its language, violence, and sexual content.
Multiple local incidents documented by the ALA.
- Source → Banned & Challenged Classics American Library Association
Other questions
- Is Slaughterhouse-Five banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States, 1973. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was Slaughterhouse-Five challenged?
- The book was burned in North Dakota and banned or challenged in several districts for its language, violence, and sexual content.
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