Slaughterhouse-Five

American classic Slaughterhouse-Five, reflecting the mythic journey of our own lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most, is one of the world's greatest antiwar books. Centering on the firebombing of Dresden—infamous for its destruction of a civilian population—Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the fragmented nature of our own fragmented lives and our attempts to make sense of that which seems senseless.