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Richard Brautigan

Born

in Tacoma, Washington, The United States

January 30, 1935

Died

September 14, 1984

Website

https://richardbrautigan.net/

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Short Stories

Influences

Matsuo Bashō, E.E. Cummings, Kobayashi Issa, Kenneth Patchen, Sappho, ...more

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Richard Brautigan was an American novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in Tacoma, Washington, he moved to San Francisco in the 1950s and began publishing poetry in 1957. He started writing novels in 1961 and is probably best known for his early work Trout Fishing in America. He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1984. ...more

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Richard Brautigan’s books

Average rating: 3.91 · 101,873 ratings · 8,875 reviews · 148 distinct works • Similar authors

	In Watermelon Sugar 3.78 avg rating — 23,791 ratings — published 1968 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trout Fishing in America 3.76 avg rating — 15,813 ratings — published 1967 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trout Fishing in America / The Pill vs. the Springhill Mine Disaster / In Watermelon Sugar 4.15 avg rating — 9,735 ratings — published 1967 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Abortion 3.95 avg rating — 6,525 ratings — published 1971 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hawkline Monster 3.83 avg rating — 5,759 ratings — published 1974 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962-1970 by Richard Brautigan, Gordon Legge (Introduction) 4.10 avg rating — 4,576 ratings — published 1971 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away 4.04 avg rating — 4,042 ratings — published 1982 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Confederate General from Big Sur 3.98 avg rating — 4,019 ratings — published 1964 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreaming of Babylon 3.78 avg rating — 3,925 ratings — published 1977 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sombrero Fallout (Arena Books) 4.08 avg rating — 3,423 ratings — published 1976 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Richard Brautigan (?)

“Sometimes life is merely a matter of coffee and whatever intimacy a cup of coffee affords.”
― Richard Brautigan

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“Love Poem
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It's so nice
to wake up in the morning
all alone
and not have to tell somebody
you love them
when you don't love them
any more.”
― Richard Brautigan

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“all of us have a place in history. mine is clouds.”
― richard brautigan

tags: life, purpose

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Canto della pianura di Kent Haruf

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Assalonne, Assalonne! di William Faulkner

10 votes, 25.0%

Gilead di Marilynne Robinson

5 votes, 12.5%

Età di ferro di J.M. Coetzee

5 votes, 12.5%

La vita in città di Donald Barthelme

4 votes, 10.0%

American Dust di Richard Brautigan

4 votes, 10.0%

Giorni di fuoco di Ryan Gattis

1 vote, 2.5%

Un amore senza fine di Scott Spencer

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Non dite che non abbiamo niente di Madeleine Thien

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