Still Life With Woodpecker
Still Life with Woodpecker is a sort of a 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, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of...
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Still Life with Woodpecker is a sort of a 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, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the problem of redheads.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780553348972 (0553348973)
ASIN: 553348973
Publish date: April 1st 1990
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 277
Edition language: English
Read it in college, loved it. Re-read this year, it shows its age. It's like if Vonnegut cursed more and wrote tiny chapters.
Short chapters, hilarious metaphors. But novels are not built by metaphors alone - granted, Robbins has philosophy in abundance and his Northwest charm is spot-on. However, he's all about the peachfish - this is not a novel for a prude (I keep saying that in my reviews!). But it's a fun read you cer...
So I read this in college (18 years ago) and had fond memories. After reading, I read several other Tom Robbins novels and I recall thinking that he was one of my favorite authors. Now, I'm trying to decide if it is just that he appealed to my younger, more naive, more optimistic, irreverent self b...
This was a re-read for me....and I loved it just as much the second time around...
My older hippy housemate turned me on to Tom Robbins and I thought this novel was one of the coolest things ever. Now I have no more interest in his writing than in Ayn Rand.
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