Wild Ducks Flying Backward, Paperback/Tom Robbins

Descriere

Known for his meaty seriocomic novels, Tom Robbins s shorter work has appeared in publications ranging from "Esquire" to "Harper s," from "Playboy" to the "New York Times." Collected here for the first time in paperback, the essays, articles, observations and even some untypical country-music lyrics offer a rare overview of the eclectic sensibility of an American original. 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 eroticism, 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 Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are brand-new short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an offbeat assessment of our divided nation.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 open 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. "

Despre autor

Tom Robbins

scriitor american · 1932–2025

Thomas Eugene Robbins a fost un romancier american. Cele mai notabile opere ale sale sunt „seriocomedii”. Romanul său din 1976, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, a fost adaptat în filmul din 1993 regizat de Gus Van Sant. Ultima sa lucrare, publicată în 2014, a fost Tibetan Peach Pie, o „un-memoar” declarată ca atare. Din 1970, Robbins a locuit în La Conner, Washington, unde a scris nouă dintre cărțile sale.