Tom Robbins (1) (1932–)

Autor de Jitterbug Perfume

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Tom Robbins is a writer, novelist, editor, and journalist. He was born in Blowing Rock, North Carolina on July 22, 1936. Robbins studied journalism at Washington and Lee for two years and later graduated from the Richmond Professional Institute in 1961. He attended the Graduate School of Far mostrar más Eastern Studies at the University of Washington. From 1957 to 1960, Robbins served in the U.S. Air Force stationed in Korea as a meteorologist. During his years in the service he took courses in Japanese culture and aesthetics in Tokyo. After the military, Robbins took a job as a copy editor at the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Robbins later worked as feature editor and art critic at the Seattle Times and part time at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Robbins published the novel, Another Roadside Attraction in 1971. Other books include Even Cowgirls Get the Blues and Still Life With Woodpecker. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was made into a 1996 film directed by Gus Van Sant. Robbins has also acted in such films as Made in Heaven and Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. A documentary entitled, Tom Robbins: A Writer in the Rain was made in 1997. In 2014, his title Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life, made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) Tom Robbins is a Southerner by birth, Robbins has lived in & around Seattle since 1962. (Publisher Provided) mostrar menos

Obras de Tom Robbins

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Jitterbug Perfume (1984) 5,872 copias

Still Life with Woodpecker (1980) 5,777 copias

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1976) 5,173 copias

Skinny Legs and All (1990) 4,372 copias

Another Roadside Attraction (1971) 3,634 copias

Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates (2000) 3,072 copias

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas (1994) 2,685 copias

Villa Incognito (2003) 2,186 copias

Wild Ducks Flying Backward (2005) 967 copias

B Is for Beer (2009) 448 copias

Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life (2014) 368 copias

Tom Robbins: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues/Jitterbug Perfume/Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas 2 copias

Tom Robbins: The visual arts, 1963-1964 2 copias

Tom Robbins Set-Villa Incognito, Still Life with Woodpecker, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Another Roadside Attraction,… 1 copia

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Nombre legal: Robbins, Thomas Eugene
Fecha de nacimiento: 1932-07-22
Género: male
Nacionalidad: USA
Lugar de nacimiento: Blowing Rock, North Carolina, USA
Lugares de residencia: Blowing Rock, North Carolina, USA
New York, New York, USA
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA
La Conner, Washington, USA
Educación: Virginia Commonwealth University (BA|1959|Richmond Professional Institute)
University of Washington
Washington and Lee University
Ocupaciones: novelist
journalist
art critic
Organizaciones: US Air Force
Marijuana Policy Project
Agente: Phoebe Larmore (Phoebe Larmore Literary Agency)

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Tom Robbins: the biggest fraud in literary history? en Awful Lit. (diciembre 2017)

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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues: A Novel por Tom Robbins

A book I stuck with if only to say I had read it. In most ways reads like the 70s novel it is. A bit dated, a touch too wacky, and an unsatisfying ending, left this reader cold. Not my cup of tea I suppose.

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skid0612 | 50 reseñas más. | Feb 28, 2024 |

Jitterbug Perfume por Tom Robbins

I liked parts of this a lot, but some of the characters (including the narrator) were sooooo long winded. When I was younger I'm sure I would've been ape over this book, but now I feel annoyed that it all sounded like Robbins' own diatribe against death and seriousness. Nearly all the characters talk in the same voice and the message is way too message-y.

At the same time, Robbins has such a fun style and everything is so wacky it's hard not to smile when you're reading this.

And--this is totally random--when I was reading the part about the four elements, I suddenly became really upset about the band Earth, Wind & Fire. What did they have against Water? (According to Wikipedia, it has something to do with the band leader's astrological sign.)

If you're looking for an excuse to take hot baths, have lots of sex, breathe rhythmically, eat hella beets, and live forever, this book is your ticket!… (más)

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LibrarianDest | 85 reseñas más. | Jan 3, 2024 |

Still Life with Woodpecker por Tom Robbins

I've had a few conversations that remind me of this book: always with a fast-talker armed with cheesy jokes, half-baked notions, and conspiracy theories, salted with tasteless stereotypes, but interesting and weird enough that I want to hear just a little more. But I do always feel relief when it's over...

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mmparker | 74 reseñas más. | Oct 24, 2023 |