Following richard brautigan concerns a young writer of bad poetry living in oklahoma city in the late 80s, who is visited by the ghost of the hippie writer richard brautigan. Richard brautigan lurked in the background, a little star struck, too shy to read his own poetry. An historical romance 1966, brautigan retreated to. Following richard brautigan by mesler, corey author mar312010 paperback corey mesler on.
His work often clinically and surrealistically employs black comedy, parody, and satire, with emotionally blunt prose describing pastoral american life intertwining with technological progress. Following richard brautigan might be described as the literary equivalent of a buddy film except that the narrator is a prose poet of the first order and the buddy this, simply put, is the premise of corey meslers touching and whimsical novel. Richard brautigans trout fishing in america, the pill versus the springhill mine disaster, and. Richard brautigan richard brautigan biography poem hunter. Chris felvergetty images over the years, ive lived in a variety of places, including america, but i was born and raised in the lake district, in cumbria. Richard brautigans most popular book is in watermelon sugar. Richard brautigan, dennis hopper infobuy richard brautigan. The brautigan book clubs community the brautigan book club. A confederate general from big sur, dreaming of babylon, and the hawkline monster three books in the manner of their original ed. Brautigans first poetry book publication was the return of the rivers 1957, a single poem, followed by two collections of. In watermelon sugar was his 3rd novel after he earlier got noticed with his first. Jack, when the visitation occurs, is recovering from an aborted love affair, which coincidentally happened in san francisco. Richard brautigan was born in tacoma, washington, on january 30, 1935, the son of bernard brautigan and lula mary keho brautigan. This node of the american dust website formerly brautigan bibliography and archive provides comprehensive information about richard brautigan s novels.
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Following richard brautigan by corey mesler 20100331 on. Following richard brautigan by corey mesler 20100331. September 16, 1984 was an american novelist, poet, and short story writer. His work often employs black comedy, parody, and satire. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in. Youll also be the first to know when they release new music and merch. Following richard brautigan might be described as the literary equivalent of a buddy film except that the narrator is a prose poet of the first order and the buddy is the ghost of richard brautigan who, like vergils ghost in dantes poem, is a mentor both in the mysteries of the afterlife and of the poetic vocation. I think it was right after reading brautigans a confederate general from big sur that i learned of his project to start a library for all those unpublished books.
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