So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away

Name: So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781786890467
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By Richard Brautigan

Series: Canons

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So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away by Richard Brautigan is a reflective and poignant narrative about a young boy in 1948 Oregon who obsessively contemplates a tragic event. As he spends his summer observing life in a small town, his innocent musings on life and death explore the themes of memory, chance, and the passage of time. This introspective tale delves into the complexities of growing up and coping with unforeseen consequences.
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This book may appeal to you if you're drawn to poignant narratives about memory and innocence set against a backdrop of small-town America. Brautigan's distinctive style offers a blend of nostalgia, introspection, and subtle humour, inviting readers to explore themes of childhood, sadness, and the passage of time.

So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away

'Poetic, gently eccentric and deeply poignant' - The Times

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In a small Pacific Northwest town, we meet a young man who has shot dead his best friend with a gun. The novel deals with the repercussions of this tragedy: the anguish, regret, despair and bittersweet romance.

Typical of Brautigan's singular style, So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away is a beautifully written, brooding novel. Its autobiographical prose is a fitting epitaph to this complex, contradictory, and often misunderstood writer.

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So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away by Richard Brautigan is praised for its poetic and gently eccentric narrative style. The novel is noted for its deeply poignant storytelling, with Brautigan especially skilled at evoking the magic of childhood. Reviewers find its verbal humour and zany charm irresistible, highlighting its originality and the author's knack for striking similes and exquisite phrasing.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786890467

Publisher: Canongate Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 August 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Canongate Canons

Edition: Main - Canons edition

Contributors:

Introduction by Jeffrey Lent

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 7.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 100g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

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, Sombrero Fallout and A Confederate General from Big Sur.

He was found dead in 1984, aged 49, beside a bottle of alcohol and a .44 calibre gun. His daughter, Ianthe Brautigan, has written a biography of her father, You Can't Catch Death.