Synopsis: Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is Kurt Vonnegut's 1969 anti-war novel, blending science fiction with autobiography to recount the firebombing of Dresden during WWII through the eyes of Billy Pilgrim, an optometrist who becomes "unstuck in time" after being abducted by aliens. The book is a non-linear, satirical, and poignant exploration of war, trauma, and free will, using Billy's fractured timeline to reflect the psychological impact of his experiences as a POW.
