Wild Ducks Flying Backward

by Tom Robbins

Hardcover, 2005

Call number

FIC ROB

Collection

Publication

Bantam (2005), Edition: First Edition, 272 pages

Description

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. Embedded in this primarily journalistic compilation are a couple of short stories, a sheaf of largely unpublished poems, and an off-beat assessment of our divided nation.

User reviews

LibraryThing member sadiebooks
absolutely fantastic. i haven't read a tom robbins that i haven't loved. the genius waitress is supurb.
LibraryThing member victrola
After loving Tom Robbins' books for so many years, it was great to learn more about him as a person. This is a great collection.
LibraryThing member stipe168
loved it, he talks about music, film, writing, life, everything. his travel essays were my favorites. all with the robbins wit and style.
LibraryThing member disneypope
I guess I wasn't in the right frame of mind. Author has great use of words and can twist a wonderful phrase but the subject matter was nothing I could really sink my teeth into.
LibraryThing member eeio
entertaining read. i liked that the book spans several decades. there are pieces that were written as long ago as 1967 like the Doors tribute. there are pieces from all sorts of publications, from the new york times to esquire and there are -naturally- several different writing styles. which is
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amusing since for the readers of his novels -like me- there seems to be just good old tom robbins, but there is tom robbins traveler and tom robins artforum writer and tom robbins terence mckenna aficionado.
one of the poems made me laugh a lot, it's called triplets and the last part goes:
I stopped by Satan's house.
I just happened to be in the neighborhood.
Satan came downstairs in a Raiders Jacket.

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LibraryThing member sbloom42
"Wild Ducks Flying Backwards" is a collection of short writings by Tom Robbins, organized by the purpose of each piece. Some sections were brilliant, such as the travel writings and the critiques. Here Robbins is at his best -- playful, irreverent, but always thoughtful. Some sections fell very
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flat, like the poetry and short fiction section. This felt like a collection of notes he had made instead of finished pieces. I'd say the brilliant balances out the banal and this book comes out ... meh.
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Pages

272

ISBN

0553804510 / 9780553804515
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