{"product_id":"wild-ducks-flying-backward-1","title":"Wild Ducks Flying Backward (RARE BOOKS)","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKnown for his meaty seriocomic novels, Tom Robbins’s shorter work has appeared in publications ranging from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEsquire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhether rocking with the Doors, depoliticizing Picasso’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGuernica,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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 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 Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are brand-New short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an offbeat assessment of our divided nation.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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWild Ducks Flying Backward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.”\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Clapping Pages","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":45157394907322,"sku":"2Q1LEJ7Y9-Used","price":19.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0713\/5576\/0826\/files\/TOM_1487f150-a177-49f4-8195-38f29ee23c1e.jpg?v=1758052137","url":"https:\/\/clappingpages.com\/products\/wild-ducks-flying-backward-1","provider":"Clapping Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}