<![CDATA[Wild Ducks Flying Backward]]>

false <![CDATA[Wild Ducks Flying Backward]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165721156m/8675.jpg 8675 6 Known for his meaty seriocomic novels–expansive works that are simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow–Tom Robbins has also published over the years a number of short pieces, predominantly nonfiction. His travel articles, essays, and tributes to actors, musicians, sex kittens, and thinkers have appeared in publications ranging from Esquire to Harper’s, from Playboy to the New York Times, High Times, and Life. A generous sampling, collected here for the first time and including works as diverse as scholarly art criticism and some decidedly untypical country- music lyrics, Wild Ducks Flying Backward offers a rare sweeping overview of the eclectic sensibility of an American original. Whether he is 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,” Robbins’s briefer writings often exhibit the same 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 Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are a couple of short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an off-beat assessment of our divided nation. And wherever we open Wild Ducks Flying Backward, we’re apt to encounter examples of the intently serious playfulness that percolates from the mind of a self-described “romantic Zen hedonist” and “stray dog in the banquet halls of culture.” From the Hardcover edition. 11606 2005 Wild Ducks Flying Backward total:1445|5:200|4:438|3:565|2:196|1:46| 1445 4885 2162 112 3 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 09:23:48 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 09:26:06 -0700 2009
That was probably a good thing. I like Tom Robbins. I like the way he chews language and spits it back out in a form ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Feb 15 15:39:38 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 23:34:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 11:33:54 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 11:38:39 -0700 2009 In Defiance of Gravity:Writing, Wisdom, & The Fabulous Club Gemini which argues for the benefits of comedy and enjoyment, and What is Art and If We Know What Art Is, What Is Politics? which he begi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 10:13:13 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 10:38:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Mar 06 10:56:22 -0800 2007 Tue Jul 03 20:56:20 -0700 2007 thus far 'Tributes' has been my favorite section. i love seeing ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 07:38:14 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 08:49:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 02 19:48:40 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 20:00:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 18:21:20 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 18:27:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 22:08:46 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 22:11:09 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jul 03 21:13:56 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 04 23:35:58 -0800 2008
This book probably is just a little random to get all the points and remember them, since each is often an intense little journey into a worthy subject, but to recall each and ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 12:34:59 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 09:54:17 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu May 29 09:12:15 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 09:17:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 28 01:44:18 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 01:45:32 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Mar 30 12:54:02 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 13:01:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 05:06:25 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 05:10:13 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 19 09:34:45 -0700 2007 Tue Feb 26 07:35:18 -0800 2008 This however is a collection of non-fiction mostly. It was a shocker when I started to read it, h...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 17:25:25 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 19:11:40 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Dec 05 10:32:37 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 10:57:42 -0800 2008 1 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Mar 10 17:25:28 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 17:27:15 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 13 16:06:42 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 09:48:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=8675