Wild Ducks Flying Backward - The Short Writings of Tom Robbins (Paperback, Bantam trade pbk. ed)

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 Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are brand-new short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an offbeat assessment of our divided nation.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."

General

Imprint:	Random House
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2006
First published:	August 2006
Authors:	Tom Robbins
Dimensions:	207 x 139 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	255
Edition:	Bantam trade pbk. ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-553-38353-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Promotions
LSN:	0-553-38353-1
Barcode:	9780553383539

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