Books : In Watermelon Sugar
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by: Richard Brautigan
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780099437598
ISBN: 0099437597
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Pages: 142
Publication Date: July 04, 2002
Publisher: Vintage
Sales Rank: 335749
Studio: Vintage
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Rating:  - Hemingway on Acid
I'll start right off by explaining my comparison to Hemingway. This is definitely a book Hemingway would never have written, but the prose style can be said to be similar, in that it is simple, straightforward. That said, nothing else is to be compared to Hemingway.
"In Watermelon Sugar" is a fascinating story which takes place in a no less fascinating environment, where the sun shines a different colour everyday. It's also a place where tigers used to exist, and devour people, even ... Read More
Rating: - the deeds were done and done again . . .
Since the 40th anniversary of the publication of "In Watermelon Sugar" is just around the bend, it might be a good time to look back. Seems like we were all reading this little book in the year after the "Summer of Love", at least out here on the west coast. I remember being handed this little paperback with the words "It's real trippy, man".
This is Brautigan's dreamscape in poetic verse. The child-like prose is pretty close to reading a fairy tale. Brautigan hands the meaning of "In ... Read More
Rating:  - Still A Classic
I first read IN WATERMELON SUGAR in the very early 70's. It boggled my mind with the visual imagery that the prose produced. Visiting it again over 30 years later, Bruatigan still manages to amaze as he takes his reader into a world that is so gentle, it is frightening. With soft words and a dulcet tone, the author brings up sharp visions that are almost hypnotic in their hallucinatory magnificence. Long after you read this, words and snatches of phrases will remain with you so that the reader ... Read More
Rating: - This is such a great book....
I think that this is one of those books that people try to overanalyze, which is a shame. This isn't a book that will change you as a person, there are enough of those out there, this is simply a book that will make you appreciate beauty. You feel how beautiful Ideath is, and by extension, you appreciate how beautiful our world is. That seems to be Brautigan's goal throughout all of his novels, and his poetry- simplicity and beauty. It works.
Rating: - Brautigan Forever
I first read this novel back in high school and didn't really get it, but I liked the vibe. Reading it again in my thirties I got it better and enjoyed it even more. Anyone who lives in the Northwest and enjoys beat poetry with hippie undercurrents should take a big juicy bite out of In Watermelon Sugar--don't even bother spitting out the seeds, they're good too, and who knows what might grow in your tummy.
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