Tibetan Peach Pie

A True Account of an Imaginative Life

De: Tom Robbins

Narrado por: Keith Szarabajka

Duración: 12 h y 27 m

Resumen del Editor

Internationally best-selling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins delivers the long-awaited tale of his wild life and times, both at home and around the globe.

Tom Robbins’ warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels - including Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates - provide an entryway into the frontier of his singular imagination. Madcap but sincere, pulsating with strong social and philosophical undercurrents, his irreverent classics have introduced countless fans to natural born hitchhiking cowgirls, born-again monkeys, a philosophizing can of beans, exiled royalty, and problematic redheads.

In Tibetan Peach Pie, Robbins turns that unparalleled literary sensibility inward, stitching together stories of his unconventional life, from his Appalachian childhood to his globetrotting adventures - told in his unique voice that combines the sweet and sly, the spiritual and earthy. The grandchild of Baptist preachers, Robbins would become over the course of half a century a poet-interruptus, an air force weatherman, a radio DJ, an art-critic-turned-psychedelic-journeyman, a world-famous novelist, and a counter-culture hero, leading a life as unlikely, magical, and bizarre as those of his quixotic characters.

Robbins offers intimate snapshots of Appalachia during the Great Depression, the West Coast during the '60s psychedelic revolution, international roving before homeland security monitored our travels, and New York publishing when it still relied on trees. Written with the big-hearted comedy and mesmerizing linguistic invention for which he is known, Tibetan Peach Pie is an invitation into the private world of a literary legend.

©2014 Thomas E. Robbins (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers

Wordfight at the Wahoo Corral

Any lifelong Robbins fan is likely a fan because of the gymnastic contortions he so lithely etches into the reader's mind. There is no shortage of that here, and in addition, we receive the numinous bounty of history and nostalgia from Robbins' memories of a life whose marrow may be done with sucking, but is nonetheless succulent and satisfying.

amazing, wonderful, strange, and fascinating

the above mentioned adjectives should be sufficient to warrant at least some interest in anyone

I am reading everything now!

I have only read a few of his books and I’m honestly distressed he hasn’t done anything in 10 years. My goodness what a gifted artist.

Love

I am so sad this is over. I tried to savor it over several months... Enjoying each bite. I love Tom Robbins. I love his stories. I want more. I am still hungry

Great read, not my favorite narrator

I’ve loved Tom Robbins’ books since I was in my 20s. He is very candid in explaining his inspiration and sensibility in this near-memoir. I don’t love the narrator’s voice, but I got used to it. I was startled to discover that Robbins is in his 80s. The narration had a geriatric, gravel-like tone which prevented me from forgetting the author is 20 years older than I thought. I could have done without that.

Fantastic life Mr. Robbins

Loved the book. Appreciate the openness and sharing of the pieces many would not share.

Wonderful performance

Pleasant to listen to, because of content and performance. A wonderful journey through America’s coming of age with a narrator who was front and center to experience it.

Amazing autobiography!

Would you listen to Tibetan Peach Pie again? Why?

Some parts of this autobiography are absolutely fascinating. Robbins is as fabulous as his characters.

What other book might you compare Tibetan Peach Pie to and why?

This book stands on its own and this cannot really be compared to other autobiographies.

Which character – as performed by Keith Szarabajka – was your favorite?

Robbins, obviously!

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Extremely interesting, sometimes surprising. It makes me want to meet Robbins.

Any additional comments?

If you want to be a writer, this is an autobiography that must read.

Great book, very well read!

A must read for any Robbins fan, extremely inspiring. Keith Szarabajka provides exceptional narration! Strong recommendation…

Such a fantastic writer!

if you have liked any of his books, you will enjoy this and find it really interesting and comical as always.