Galápagos
A novel
Galápagos is an 1820 ghost story and historical fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Much of the action takes place in Galapagos Islands. Readers will find themes of Satire, islands, ghosts and speculative evolution.
Open Library readers give it an average of 3.9 out of 5 from 25 ratings, and 101 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 41 editions across 8 languages.
At about 295 pages, most readers finish it in 5–6 hours.
About Galápagos
Observed by a ghost of the Vietnam War for one million years, the descendants of survivors of a cruise to the Galapagos Archipielago prove Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The ghost of a shipbuilder tells the story of an ill-fated cruise to the Galapagos Islands.
Opening line
“THE THING WAS: One million years ago, back in 1986 A.D., Guayaquil was the chief seaport of the little South American democracy of Ecuador, whose capital was Quito, high in the Andes Mountains.”
Quick answers
Who wrote Galápagos?
Galápagos was written by Kurt Vonnegut and first published in 1820.
What genre is Galápagos?
It is usually shelved as Ghost Stories, Historical Fiction and Victorian Science Fiction.
How long is Galápagos?
The median edition has 295 pages, about 5–6 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Galápagos?
Readers who like it often enjoy Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Dracula.
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