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Wild Ducks Flying Backward
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ISBN10: 0553383531
ISBN13: 9780553383539
Publisher: Bantam
Published: Aug 29 2006
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.55 Depth: 8.23
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780553383539
Publisher: Bantam
Published: Aug 29 2006
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.55 Depth: 8.23
Language: English
A hilarious (The New York Times Book Review) collection of essays, articles, observations--and even some country-music lyrics--that offer a rare overview of the eclectic sensibility of an American original
[Tom] Robbins is fearless, original, mind-expanding, and funny as hell.--San Diego Union-Tribune
[Tom] Robbins is fearless, original, mind-expanding, and funny as hell.--San Diego Union-Tribune
Part philosopher, part court jester, Robbins uses sparkling phrases mixed with over-the-top puns to impart his Zenlike wisdom.--Los Angeles Times Whether rocking with the Doors, depoliticizing Picasso's Guernica, lamenting the angst-ridden state of contemporary literature, or drooling over tomato sandwiches and a species of womanhood he calls the genius waitress, Tom Robbins's briefer writings exhibit the five traits that perhaps best characterize his novels: an imaginative wit, a cheerfully brash disregard for convention, a sweetly nasty sensuality, a mystical but keenly observant eye, and an irrepressible love of language. Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are brand-new short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an offbeat assessment of our divided nation. Wherever you read Wild Ducks Flying Backward, you'll encounter the serious playfulness that percolates from the mind of a self-described romantic Zen hedonist and stray dog in the banquet halls of culture.
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