{"product_id":"9780553383539","title":"Wild Ducks Flying Backward: The Short Writings of Tom Robbins","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “hilarious” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) collection of essays, articles, observations—and even some country-music lyrics—that offer a rare overview of the eclectic sensibility of an American original\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[Tom] Robbins is fearless, original, mind-expanding, and funny as hell.”—\u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Part philosopher, part court jester, Robbins uses sparkling phrases mixed with over-the-top puns to impart his Zenlike wisdom.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether rocking with the Doors, depoliticizing Picasso’s \u003ci\u003eGuernica,\u003c\/i\u003e 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 sensuality, 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 Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are brand-new short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an offbeat assessment of our divided nation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWherever you read \u003ci\u003eWild Ducks Flying Backward,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.”","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084748226621,"sku":"9780553383539","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9780553383539_p0.jpg?v=1775244109","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9780553383539","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}