Wild Ducks Flying Backward

Wild Ducks Flying Backward
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Known for his meaty seriocomic novels, Tom Robbinsâ€™s shorter work has appeared in publications ranging from Esquire to Harperâ€™s, from Playboy to the New York Times. Collected here for the first time in paperback, the essays, articles, observationsâ€”and even some untypical country-music lyricsâ€”offer a rare overview of the eclectic sensibility of an American original.

Whether rocking with the Doors, depoliticizing Picassoâ€™s Guernica, lamenting the angst-ridden state of contemporary literature, or drooling over tomato sandwiches and a species of womanhood he calls â€œthe genius waitress,â€ Tom Robbinsâ€™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 Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are brand-new short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an offbeat assessment of our divided nation.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, youâ€™ll encounter the serious playfulness that percolates from the mind of a self-described â€œromantic Zen hedonistâ€ and â€œstray dog in the banquet halls of culture.â€
Country USA
Brand Bantam
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780553383539
Color Cream
ReleaseDate 2006-08-29
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553383539

Country	USA
Brand	Bantam
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780553383539
Color	Cream
ReleaseDate	2006-08-29
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553383539

Wild Ducks Flying Backward

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