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Showcases the poet and novelist's earliest writings, the rights of which he signed over to the beloved mother of his best friend, Edna Webster, in 1955.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book will make you laugh, cry and laugh even more. It is truly a marvelous insight into the bizarre but beautiful mind of Richard Brautigan.
His work clearly shows the influence of other popular writers of the time but his unique and inspirational style (though not yet fully developed) is ever-present, ready to take over at any given oppurtunity. Not yet affected by fame and fortune, Brautigan seems much happier, more innocent but also more fragile than later in his career and this difference is what makes this book so interesting to read.
I recommend this book to absolutely everybody; whether you are aquainted with Brautigan's work or not- it has an undeniable universal appeal which has lasted for nearly 50 years and, hopefully, will last much much longer.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I agree with an earlier review that says Brautigans style is not yet fully developed and I think that this is a plus. He is far more expressive for it.
This book is a collection of a young Brautigan's earlier works, featuring poetry and short stories varying from the happy, to the sad, to the funny, to the purely bizarre.
A nice wee read for the Brautigan fan and the Brautigan beginner alike.
This book is a collection of a young Brautigan's earlier works, featuring poetry and short stories varying from the happy, to the sad, to the funny, to the purely bizarre.
A nice wee read for the Brautigan fan and the Brautigan beginner alike.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A Qualified 5
5 Feb 2000
Format:Paperback
This collection of "Undiscovered Writings" is a gift given to those who love poetry and literature. The poetry in this book is delightfully quirky, surreal and sad in the way it describes both strange and common instances of fantasy and life. Brautigan has never been more consistent with his poetic message. This book is a step or two above his other poetic masterpiece "Rommel Drives On Deep Into Egypt."
So why "A Qualified 5"? Because the way the book is put together is disruptive to the poetry reader. With all due respect to the amount of undiscovered writing now available to the public, which I am very thankful, the cluttered way the poems are placed on the page result in disrupting the flow of reading the poems themselves. How about one poem a page? Those poems deserve to be presented in a creative space to reflect the creative place they were written in.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Earliest Brautigan not his best: but all the elements here
6 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
The Edna Webster collection gives readers, old, new, & those who might have lost touch, a glimpse of the earliest Brautigan. While possibly not his best work (But whose juvenalia is? Keats excepted), most all of the elements that we identify with Brautigan are here--humor, whimsy, overarching and immutable sadness. The only major weakness is a singularly ugly cover that seems to be an attempt to replicate the early, funky Four Seasons covers, but designed by someone who'd never actually seen one. Not to worry, however: while you're reading the book--and quite probably being charmed by the text--you can't see the cover. Mayonnaise. --Kevin Jones
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A Good Beginning
3 Sep 1999
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You either like Brautigan or you write thousands of words why you don't like his works! Obviously, I like him. About 60% of this work can stand next to his later writings, the rest is a poet trying to find his voice and technique. This work is enjoyble to read as literature and as an historical document.
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