| Wild Ducks Flying Backward Contributor(s): Robbins, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553383531 ISBN-13: 9780553383539 Publisher: Bantam OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Known for his meaty seriocomic novels--expansive works that are simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow--Robbins presents a generous sampling of his briefer writings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Humor | Form - Essays |
| Dewey: 818.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.55" W x 8.23" (0.49 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are brand-new short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an offbeat assessment of our divided nation.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." |