Villa Incognito - Rilegato

Robbins, Tom

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0553803328 ISBN 13: 9780553803327

Casa editrice: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2003

Riassunto

Imagine that there are American MIAs who chose to remain missing after the Vietnam War.

Imagine that there is a family in which four generations of strong, alluring women have shared a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from Japanese folklore.

Imagine just those things (don’t even try to imagine the love story) and you’ll have a foretaste of Tom Robbins’s eighth and perhaps most beautifully crafted novel--a work as timeless as myth yet as topical as the latest international threat.

On one level, this is a book about identity, masquerade and disguise--about “the false mustache of the world”--but neither the mists of Laos nor the smog of Bangkok, neither the overcast of Seattle nor the fog of San Francisco, neither the murk of the intelligence community nor the mummery of the circus can obscure the linguistic phosphor that illuminates the pages of Villa Incognito.

A female fan once wrote to Tom Robbins:
“Your books make me think, they make me laugh, they make me horny and they make me aware of the wonder of everything in life.”

Villa Incognito will surely arouse a similar response in many readers, for in its lusty, amusing way it both celebrates existence and challenges our ideas about it.

To say much more about a novel as fresh and surprising as Villa Incognito would run the risk of diluting the sheer fun of reading it. As his dedicated readers worldwide know full well, it’s best to climb aboard the Tom Robbins tilt-a-whirl, kiss preconceptions and sacred cows goodbye and simply enjoy the ride.

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Recensione:

"Robbins...is to words what Uri Geller is to spoons: He bends sentences into playful escapades....Bottom line: Another bedside attraction."—People

"Brilliantly offbeat satire."—Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A delectable farce, full of tantalizing secrets and bizarre disguises."—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Ebullient, irreverent, hilarious...Villa Incognito is ribald fairy tale meets...Apocalypse Now.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“Robbins remains a welcome breath of fresh air in American literature.”—Globe and Mail

“Perhaps [the] greatest book from Robbins...phantasmagorical, richly layered, utterly hilarious, and unexpectedly poignant.” —Pages

From the Trade Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Tom Robbins, maverick author of eight juicy, daring and sagacious novels, is one of those rare writers who approach rock-star status, attracting SRO crowds at his personal appearances in Europe and Australia as well as in the United States. He lives primarily in the Seattle area.

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• Editore: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0553803328
• ISBN 13: 9780553803327
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256