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Sombrero Fallout

Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 0857867628
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (578 download)

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Download or read book Sombrero Fallout written by Richard Brautigan and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartbroken American writer starts a story about an ice-cold sombrero that falls inexplicably from the sky and lands in the centre of a small Southwest town. Devastated by the departure of his gorgeous Japanese girlfriend, he cannot concentrate on his writing and in frustration he throws away his beginning. But as the man searches through his apartment for strands of his lost love's hair, the discarded story in the wastepaper basket - through some kind of elaborate origami - carries on without him. Arguments over the sombrero begin, one thing leads to another and before long all hell breaks loose in the normally sleep town. Brautigan's fertile imagination twists and pulls at the ensuing chaos to come up with a tender, moving, surreal and incredibly funny tale that is told by a writer at the very peak of his creative powers.

Sombrero Fallout

Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781841951379
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Sombrero Fallout written by Richard Brautigan and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

You Can't Catch Death

Author : Ianthe Brautigan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312264185
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book You Can't Catch Death written by Ianthe Brautigan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-07-10 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In all of the obituaries and writing about Richard Brautigan that appeared after his suicide, none revealed to Ianthe Brautigan the father she knew. Through it took all of her courage, she delved into her memories, good and bad, to retrieve him, and began to write. You Can't Catch Death is a frank, courageous, heartbreaking reflection on both a remarkable man and the child he left behind.

Dreaming of Babylon

Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1786890453
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Dreaming of Babylon written by Richard Brautigan and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you hire C.Card, you have scraped the bottom of the private eye barrel. And when Card is hired to steal a body from the morgue, he needs to stop dreaming, find bullets for his gun and get there before someone else does. Not since Trout Fishing in America has Brautigan so successfully combined his wild sense of humour with his famous poetic imagination. In this parody of the hard-boiled crime novel, the adventures of seedy, not-too-bright C.Card are a delight to both the mind and the heart.

Hawkline Monster

Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher : Amereon Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780848832612
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Hawkline Monster written by Richard Brautigan and published by Amereon Limited. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Gothic WesternAn imaginative novel about a mansion, a monster and a magic child

Willard and His Bowling Trophies

Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Willard and His Bowling Trophies written by Richard Brautigan and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Unfortunate Woman

Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312277109
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book An Unfortunate Woman written by Richard Brautigan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-07-10 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Assumes the form of a traveler's journal, chronicling the protagonists's journey and his oblique ruminations on the suicide of one woman and the death from cancer of another, close friend."--Jacket.

Trout Fishing in America

Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 054748870X
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Trout Fishing in America written by Richard Brautigan and published by HMH. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book “that has very little to do with trout fishing and a lot to do with the lamenting of a passing pastoral America . . . an instant cult classic” (Financial Times). Richard Brautigan was a literary idol of the 1960s and ’70s who came of age during the heyday of Haight-Ashbury and whose comic genius and iconoclastic vision of American life caught the imaginations of young people everywhere. Called “the last of the Beats,” his early books became required reading for the hip generation, and on its publication Trout Fishing in America became an international bestseller. An indescribable romp, the novel is best summed up in one word: mayonnaise. This new edition features an introduction by poet Billy Collins, who first encountered Brautigan’s work as a student in California. From the introduction: “‘Trout Fishing in America’ is a catchphrase that morphs throughout the book into a variety of conceptual and dramatic shapes. At one point it has a physical body that bears such a resemblance to that of Lord Byron that it is brought by ship from Missolonghi to England, in 1824, where it is autopsied. ‘Trout Fishing in America’ is also a slogan that sixth-graders enjoy writing on the backs of first-graders. . . . In one notable exhibition of the title’s variability, ‘Trout Fishing in America’ turns into a gourmet with a taste for walnut catsup and has Maria Callas for a girlfriend. Through such ironic play, Brautigan destabilizes any conventional idea of a book as he begins to create a world where things seem unwilling to stay in their customary places.”

A Confederacy of Dunces

Author : John Kennedy Toole
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802197620
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book A Confederacy of Dunces written by John Kennedy Toole and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize “A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book Review A Confederacy of Dunces is an American comic masterpiece. John Kennedy Toole's hero, one Ignatius J. Reilly, is "huge, obese, fractious, fastidious, a latter-day Gargantua, a Don Quixote of the French Quarter. His story bursts with wholly original characters, denizens of New Orleans' lower depths, incredibly true-to-life dialogue, and the zaniest series of high and low comic adventures" (Henry Kisor, Chicago Sun-Times).

So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away

Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1847677487
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away written by Richard Brautigan and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a small Pacific Northwest town we meet a young man who has shot dead his best friend with a gun. The novel deals with the repercussions of this tragedy: the anguish, regret, despair and bittersweet romance. Typical of Brautigan's singular style, So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away is a beautifully written, brooding novel. Its autobiographical prose is a fitting epitaph to this complex, contradictory and often misunderstood writer.

The Edna Webster Collection of Undiscovered Writings

Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395974698
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book The Edna Webster Collection of Undiscovered Writings written by Richard Brautigan and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published 15 years after his suicide, this all-new, youthful work by Brautigan, was written a decade before he found sudden fame with "Trout Fishing in America".

Shakespeare on Toast

Author : Ben Crystal
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 178578031X
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare on Toast written by Ben Crystal and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-12-24 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actor, producer and director Ben Crystal revisits his acclaimed book on Shakespeare for the 400th anniversary of his death, updating and adding three new chapters. Shakespeare on Toast knocks the stuffing from the staid old myth of the Bard, revealing the man and his plays for what they really are: modern, thrilling, uplifting drama. The bright words and colourful characters of the greatest hack writer are brought brilliantly to life, sweeping cobwebs from the Bard – his language, his life, his world, his sounds, his craft. Crystal reveals man and work as relevant, accessible and alive – and, astonishingly, finds Shakespeare's own voice amid the poetry. Whether you're studying Shakespeare for the first time or you've never set foot near one of his plays but have always wanted to, this book smashes down the walls that have been built up around this untouchable literary figure. Told in five fascinating Acts, this is quick, easy and good for you. Just like beans on toast.

We Found a Hat

Author : Jon Klassen
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 1536220736
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book We Found a Hat written by Jon Klassen and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hold on to your hats for the conclusion of the celebrated hat trilogy by Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen, who gives his deadpan finale a surprising new twist. Two turtles have found a hat. The hat looks good on both of them. But there are two turtles. And there is only one hat. . . . Evoking hilarity and sympathy, the shifting eyes tell the tale in this brilliantly paced story in three parts, highlighting Jon Klassen’s visual comedy and deceptive simplicity. The delicious buildup takes an unexpected turn that is sure to please loyal fans and newcomers alike.

A Confederate General From Big Sur

Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1782113827
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book A Confederate General From Big Sur written by Richard Brautigan and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesse and Lee share a house owned by a very nice Chinese dentist, where it rains in the hall. They move to cabins on the cliffs at Big Sur where the deafening croaks of frogs can be temporarily silenced by the cry, 'Campbell's Soup'. Ultimately, we learn how the frogs are permanently silenced . . . and dreams disperse around a fire into 186,000 endings per second. In anticipating flower power and the ideals of the Sixties, Brautigan's debut novel was at least at decade before its time and remains a weird and brilliant classic.

The Motion of the Body Through Space

Author : Lionel Shriver
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062328271
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Motion of the Body Through Space written by Lionel Shriver and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Lionel Shriver’s entertaining send-up of today’s cult of exercise—which not only encourages better health, but now like all religions also seems to promise meaning, social superiority, and eternal life—an aging husband’s sudden obsession with extreme sport makes him unbearable. After an ignominious early retirement, Remington announces to his wife Serenata that he’s decided to run a marathon. This from a sedentary man in his sixties who’s never done a lick of exercise in his life. His wife can’t help but observe that his ambition is “hopelessly trite.” A loner, Serenata disdains mass group activities of any sort. Besides, his timing is cruel. Serenata has long been the couple’s exercise freak, but by age sixty, her private fitness regimes have destroyed her knees, and she’ll soon face debilitating surgery. Yes, becoming more active would be good for Remington’s heart, but then why not just go for a walk? Without several thousand of your closest friends? As Remington joins the cult of fitness that increasingly consumes the Western world, her once-modest husband burgeons into an unbearable narcissist. Ignoring all his other obligations, he engages a saucy, sexy personal trainer named Bambi, who treats Serenata with contempt. When Remington sets his sights on the legendarily grueling triathlon, MettleMan, Serenata is sure he’ll end up injured or dead. And even if he does survive, their marriage may not. The Motion of the Body Through Space is vintage Lionel Shriver written with psychological insight, a rich cast of characters, lots of verve and petulance, an astute reading of contemporary culture, and an emotionally resonant ending.

Jubilee Hitchhiker

Author : William Hjortsberg
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1619020459
Total Pages : 1454 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Jubilee Hitchhiker written by William Hjortsberg and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 1454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confident and robust, Jubilee Hitchhiker is an comprehensive biography of late novelist and poet Richard Brautigan, author of Troutfishing in America and A Confederate General from Big Sur, among many others. When Brautigan took his own life in September of 1984 his close friends and network of artists and writers were devastated though not entirely surprised. To many, Brautigan was shrouded in enigma, erratic and unpredictable in his habits and presentation. But his career was formidable, an inspiration to young writers like Hjortsberg trying to get their start. Brautigan's career wove its way through both the Beat–influenced San Francisco Renaissance in the 1950s and the "Flower Power" hippie movement of the 1960s; while he never claimed direct artistic involvement with either period, Jubilee Hitchhiker also delves deeply into the spirited times in which he lived. As Hjortsberg guides us through his search to uncover Brautigan as a man the reader is pulled deeply into the writer's world. Ultimately this is a work that seeks to connect the Brautigan known to his fans with the man who ended his life so abruptly in 1984 while revealing the close ties between his writing and the actual events of his life. Part history, part biography, and part memoir this etches the portrait of a man destroyed by his genius.

Revenge of the Lawn

Author : Richard Brautigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781782113782
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Revenge of the Lawn written by Richard Brautigan and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revenge of the Lawn is Richard Brautigan in miniature and contains no fewer than 62 ultra-short stories set mainly in Tacoma, Washington (where the author grew up) and in the flower-powered San Francisco of the late fifties and early sixties. In their compacted form, which ranges from the murderously short 'The Scarlatti Tilt' to one-page wonders like the sexually poignant poetry of 'An Unlimited Supply of 35 Millimetre Film', Brautigan's stories take us into a world where his fleeting glimpses of everyday strangeness leave stories and characters resonating in our heads long after they're gone.