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Wild Ducks Flying Backward

By Tom Robbins

Wild Ducks Flying Backward Essays & Short Stories

Wild Ducks Flying Backward

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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 “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 Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are brand-new short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an offbeat assessment of our divided nation.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.”
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
274
Release Date:
2006-08-29
Publication Date:
2006-08-29
Publisher:
Random House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0553383531
ISBN13:
9780553383539
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
339 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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