Tom Robbins

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Tom Robbins

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in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, The United States
July 22, 1936

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Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) is an American author. His novels are complex, often wild stories with strong social undercurrents, a satirical bent, and obscure details. His novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976) was made into a movie in 1993 directed by Gus Van Sant.



Average rating: 3.91 · 189,608 ratings · 9,185 reviews · 29 distinct works · Similar authors
Still Life with Woodpecker
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 38,326 ratings — published 1980 — 28 editions
Jitterbug Perfume
4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 33,163 ratings — published 1984 — 24 editions
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 29,324 ratings — published 1976 — 34 editions
Skinny Legs and All
3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 23,605 ratings — published 1990 — 18 editions
Another Roadside Attraction
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 17,986 ratings — published 1971 — 22 editions
Fierce Invalids Home from H...
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 15,500 ratings — published 2000 — 28 editions
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 12,969 ratings — published 1994 — 21 editions
Villa Incognito
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 10,564 ratings — published 2003 — 31 editions
Wild Ducks Flying Backward
3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 3,694 ratings — published 2005 — 16 editions
B Is for Beer
3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 2,736 ratings — published 2009 — 18 editions
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“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”
Tom Robbins

“When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.”
Tom Robbins

“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.”
Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

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