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A Confederate General From Big Sur (Canons)
Richard Brautigan
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Description for A Confederate General From Big Sur (Canons)
Paperback. Jesse and Lee share a house owned by a very nice Chinese dentist, where it rains in the hall. They move to cabins on the cliffs at Big Sur where the deafening croaks of frogs can be temporarily silenced by the cry, 'Campbell's Soup'. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 126.
Jesse and Lee share a house owned by a very nice Chinese dentist, where it rains in the hall. They move to cabins on the cliffs at Big Sur where the deafening croaks of frogs can be temporarily silenced by the cry, 'Campbell's Soup'. Ultimately, we learn how the frogs are permanently silenced . . . and dreams disperse around a fire into 186,000 endings per second. In anticipating flower power and the ideals of the Sixties, Brautigan's debut novel was at least a decade before its time and remains a weird and brilliant classic.
Jesse and Lee share a house owned by a very nice Chinese dentist, where it rains in the hall. They move to cabins on the cliffs at Big Sur where the deafening croaks of frogs can be temporarily silenced by the cry, 'Campbell's Soup'. Ultimately, we learn how the frogs are permanently silenced . . . and dreams disperse around a fire into 186,000 endings per second. In anticipating flower power and the ideals of the Sixties, Brautigan's debut novel was at least a decade before its time and remains a weird and brilliant classic.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Canons
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782113799
SKU
V9781782113799
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About Richard Brautigan
Richard Brautigan was born in Tacoma, Washington where he spent much of his youth, before moving to San Francisco where he became involved with other writers in the Beat Movement. During the Sixties he became one of the most prolific and prominent members of the counter-cultural movement, and wrote some of his most famous novels including Trout Fishing in America, ... Read more
Reviews for A Confederate General From Big Sur (Canons)
An absorbing, irritating, and terribly amusing book, that brings to American humor a new and disturbing voice.
San Francisco Chronicle
His style and wit transmit so much energy that energy itself becomes the message. Brautigan . . . makes all the senses breathe. Only a hedonist could cram so much life onto a ... Read more
San Francisco Chronicle
His style and wit transmit so much energy that energy itself becomes the message. Brautigan . . . makes all the senses breathe. Only a hedonist could cram so much life onto a ... Read more