The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966
A reclusive young man works in a San Francisco library for unpublishable books. Life's losers, an astonishing number of whom seem to be writers, can bring their manuscripts to the library, where they will be welcomed, registered and shelved. They will not be read, but they will be cherished. In...
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A reclusive young man works in a San Francisco library for unpublishable books. Life's losers, an astonishing number of whom seem to be writers, can bring their manuscripts to the library, where they will be welcomed, registered and shelved. They will not be read, but they will be cherished. In comes Vida, with her manuscript. Her book is about her gorgeous body in which she feels uncomfortable. The librarian makes her feel comfortable, and together they live in the back of the library until a trip to Tijuana changes them in ways neither of them had ever expected.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780671208738 (067120873X)
Publish date: March 23rd 1971
Publisher: Touchstone
Pages no: 226
Edition language: English
This book was sitting on the staff picks of my local bookstore for over a month, even at just $4, I suspect because of the title. Which makes sense, though seems odd after reading since the book never touches on the controversy of the procedure, it's simply a thing that happens in the story. I suppo...
Read this, and like I do with most Brautigan, I found myself alternating between feeling "That's so beautifully written, I want to cry. Why can't *I* write like that?" and busting out laughing at his subtle humor.I think people think Brautigan is that hippy-dippy "Watermelon Sugar" guy, but he rea...
Same thing as In Watermelon Sugar: read ages ago, un-rateable today.I was on a Brautigan run in 1981, end of high school for me. Never knew (still don't) much about the author or the context of these -- "novels" -- ?? Seeing them on lists here is reminding me of them. I am inclined to go back and...
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