An Arab and a Jew open a restaurant together across the street from the United Nations . . . . It sounds like the beginning of an ethnic joke, but it's the axis around which spins this alarmingly provocative book. In his audacious and humorous style, world-class storyteller Tom Robbins deals with the most se nsitive issues of the day--from race ...
Bestselling author Robbins' first fiction in five years explores various aspects of suds culture--ancient, modern, sophomoric, and divine--and dramatizes the surprising things that happen when the life of a spunky kindergartner intersects with each.
Robbins calls Jitterbug Perfume "an epic". It is also a saga, and a saga must have a hero. The hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a great-horned god. Some people actually believe that the liquid in the bottle is--the secret essence of the universe?
In this humorously picaresque novel, a Zen Buddhist CIA agent meets an Amazonian shaman who takes him on a great drug trip, but insists on a high price for the experience: he places a curse on the agent that requires him to stay eternally in transit, never touching ground. He returns home in a wheelchair and, in a wild plot twist, finds himself in ...
One of Robbins most popular novels, this is a sort of love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders.
Startling, thoughtful and hilarious all at the same time, a Tom Robbins novel invites readers to laugh and to ponder; it stimulates them while it tickles their metaphysical fancies. And never has Robbins been in more magical form than with his latest triumph--an outrageous novel that begins on the day the stock market falls out of bed and breaks ...
Cited by the L.A. Weekly as "the culture's foremost spokesman for the psychedelic experience," Terrence McKenna is an underground legend as a brilliant raconteur, adventurer, and expert on the experiential use of mind-altering plants. In these essays, interviews, and narrative adventures, McKenna ta
The outrageous bestseller that stars Sissy Hankshaw--flawlessly beautiful, almost. A small-town girl with big-time dreams and a quirk to match--hitchhiking her way into your heart, your hopes, and your sleeping bag. . . . Follow Sissy's amazing odyssey from Virginia to Manhattan to the Dakota Badlands, where FBI agents, cowgirls and ecstatic ...
Come on in to Captain Kendrick's Memorial Hot Dog Wildlife Preserve (a roadside attraction only bestselling Tom Robbins could invent)--things are going to get outrageous! Published to coincide with Robbins' new release, Skinny Legs and All.
An East Asian wild dog named Tanuki is sent to earth from another world, takes on a human shape, and travels to Kyoto, where his adventures include marriage, fatherhood, and encounters with an Elvis impersonator, a literature-loving whore, and a troupe of acrobats in a circus.
Known for his meaty seriocomic novels--expansive works that are simultaneously lowbrow and highbrow--Robbins presents a generous sampling of his briefer writings.
Starring Sissy Hankshaw--flawlessly beautiful, almost. A white-trash goddess literally born to hitchhike. The freest female of them all. A small-town girl with big-time dreams and a quirk to match--hitchhiking her way into your heart, your hopes, and your sleeping bags...Featuring: Bonanza Jellybean and the smooth-riding cowgirls of Rubber Rose ...
Tom Robbins's collection of short stories, nonfiction, and poetry spans 40 years and includes celebrity profiles, book and music reviews, and travel pieces. All are marked by Robbins's kaleidoscopic outlook, sometimes manic energy, and wild sense of humor.
An allegorical novel by the celebrated German writer. Sidhartha, the hero, is a type of Buddhist Everyman, who passes through many temptations and trials on his way to purification. The different stages of his spiritual development are represented by the various roles he takes on: wanderer, courtier, merchant, and hermit. Originally published in ...
As we approach the Millenium, apocolyptic expectations are rising in North America and throughout the world. Outside the symbolic aura of the millenium, this excitation is fed by currents of unsettling social and cultural change. The "millenial myth" ingrained in American culture is continually generating new movements, which draw upon the myth ...
Robbins' first fiction in five years explores various aspects of suds culture--ancient, modern, and otherworldly; brutal, sophomoric, and divine--and dramatizes the surprising things that happen when the life of a spunky kindergartner named Gracie Perkel intersects with each.
Birds don't do it. Bees don't do it. But people do. Kiss, that is. And the many ways we do it are celebrated here with delightful images from the world's great photographers.
New religious movements are proliferating in nearly every region of the world. From new sects within larger global movements such as Islam, Christianity, or Buddhism, to the growth and spread of minority religions (e.g. ISKON, Unification Church, and Scientology) and the development of completely new religions, the future of these new religious ...
In years gone by, skiing was a complicated, expensive business, and the only way of going about it was to book a package holiday. Today, things are looking up. With Easyjet, Ryanair and Eurostar constantly adding more routes at cheaper and cheaper prices, it's never been easier to take a short weekend break in Europe. But where exactly should you ...
In this humorously picaresque novel, a Zen Buddhist CIA agent meets an Amazonian shaman who takes him on a great drug trip, but insists on a high price for the experience: he places a curse on the agent that requires him to stay eternally in transit, never touching ground. He returns home in a wheelchair and, in a wild plot twist, finds himself in ...
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