Oh my. I turn 70 in December but I still have fond memories of reading this gentle book oh so long ago when I was 18 or 19. I recall it being very influential but I'm not sure how well it holds up now. It really was a book for the times wasn't it? A very counter-culture, hippie trip story, foretelling a time when all us would be living in some version of communal harmony, in Watermelon Sugar. You and I know how all of that turned out...
@MrKeithtoad it has been influential to me. And although the hippie revolution may not have succeeded entirely, I have to think it kept the world in some type of balance, and stopped us from careening off the other side of the road, you know?
@@dirtthehuman7118, absolutely, the aesthetics and politics of the sixties and early seventies has been with me over the decades. Mr. Brautigan's gentle writings have always stayed with me as well. Do you remember a little snippet from one of his little snippet books where he described a woman so old that it appeared that "she had lost her way on the road to death?"
How old are the kids that are reading this? How are you framing this book? Is it a big deal that it was so tied into the Counterculture scene in the late '60's?
I agree...after reading it many times, I've realized I don't like the protagonist much, but I love the world he lives in, and love the slow, steady way he has of revealing it
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Oh my. I turn 70 in December but I still have fond memories of reading this gentle book oh so long ago when I was 18 or 19. I recall it being very influential but I'm not sure how well it holds up now. It really was a book for the times wasn't it? A very counter-culture, hippie trip story, foretelling a time when all us would be living in some version of communal harmony, in Watermelon Sugar. You and I know how all of that turned out...
@MrKeithtoad it has been influential to me. And although the hippie revolution may not have succeeded entirely, I have to think it kept the world in some type of balance, and stopped us from careening off the other side of the road, you know?
@@dirtthehuman7118, absolutely, the aesthetics and politics of the sixties and early seventies has been with me over the decades. Mr. Brautigan's gentle writings have always stayed with me as well. Do you remember a little snippet from one of his little snippet books where he described a woman so old that it appeared that "she had lost her way on the road to death?"
Thank you, by the way, for reading this so well and posting it.
We are reading this book in class this semester and have recommended your audio recording to my students! Thanks very much.
@@matthewmclaughlin4787 cool, thanks!
How old are the kids that are reading this? How are you framing this book? Is it a big deal that it was so tied into the Counterculture scene in the late '60's?
Listened to this in one sitting. Thank you so much. Your reading was excellent. You more than did justice to the material.
@@EmilyAdams-q1h Thanks, I'm glad you liked it
Thnaks a million. i love the prose. so light and gentle. and is so light and gentle no matter what.
Thank you so much, i enjoyed this one quite a lot and the book is a hard find in my country apparently
The most underrated poet.
Absolutely.
@@kevinbirge2130 My favourite poem by Richard is My Catfish Friend. That was the first time I'd heard of him, in the late 60's...
Thanks. Such a wonderful story.
I agree...after reading it many times, I've realized I don't like the protagonist much, but I love the world he lives in, and love the slow, steady way he has of revealing it
@@dirtthehuman7118 Lol yeah they seem a bit, off, I would say
Thank you so much for posting
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