... and memory also express the author's desolation when he witnessed the massacre of Dresden in the second world war. The science fiction elements of the novel include time travel. Billy travels in time(" Billy has gone to sleep a senile widower and awakened on his wedding day. He has walked through a door in 1955 and come out another one in 1941-), experience ... ...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate