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Wild Ducks Flying Backward

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Wild Ducks Flying BackwardKnown for his meaty seriocomic novels, Tom Robbinss shorter work has appeared in publications ranging from Esquire to Harpers, from Playboy to the New York Times. Collected here for the first time in paperback, the essays, articles, observationsand even some untypical country music lyricsoffer a rare overview of the eclectic sensibility of an American original. Whether rocking with the Doors, depoliticizing Picassos Guernica, lamenting the angst

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 Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are brand-new short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an offbeat assessment of our divided nation.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

Biography:

Tom Robbins was born in North Carolina in 1932 and raised in Virginia. A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, he moved to Seattle to do graduate work at the University of Washington. His internationally bestselling works include Still Life With Woodpecker, Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, Jitterbug Perfume, Skinny Legs and All, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas, Villa Incognito, and B Is For Beer. Robbins lives with his wife, Alexa D'Avalon, and their dog, Blini Tomato Titanium, in Washington State.

Product Details:

Author: Tom Robbins 
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Bantam; Reprint edition (August 29, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553383531
ISBN-13: 978-0553383539
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.2 inches

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