Tom Robbins: B Is for Beer, Gebunden
B Is for Beer
(if available from our supplier)
- Publisher:
- HarperCollins, 05/2009
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780061687273
- Item number:
- 2108734
- Volume:
- 128 Pages
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2009
- Weight:
- 295 g
- Format:
- 201 x 145 mm
- Thickness:
- 13 mm
- Release date:
- 1.5.2009
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Blurb
A Children's Book About Beer?
Yes, believe it or not---but B Is for Beer is also a book for adults, and bear in mind that it's the work of maverick bestselling novelist Tom Robbins, inter-nationally known for his ability to both seriously illuminate and comically entertain.
nce upon a time (right about now) there was a planet (how about this one?) whose inhabitants consumed thirty-six billion gallons of beer each year (it's a fact, you can Google it). Among those affected, each in his or her own way, by all the bubbles, burps, and foam, was a smart, wide-eyed, adventurous kindergartner named Gracie; her distracted mommy; her insensitive dad; her non-conformist uncle; and a magical, butt-kicking intruder from a world within our world.
Populated by the aforementioned characters---and as charming as it may be subversive---B Is for Beer involves readers, young and old, in a surprising, far-reaching investigation into the limits of reality, the transformative powers of children, and, of course, the ultimate meaning of a tall, cold brewski.
Biography
Tom Robbins, geboren 1936 in Blowing Rock, Virginia, wuchs im Süden der USA auf, lehrte während des Koreakrieges als Soldat der Air Force Meteorologie, studierte danach Kunst, Musik und Religion. Er arbeitete als Reporter bei verschiedenen Zeitungen, schrieb 1971 seinen ersten Roman und lebt seitdem als freier Schriftsteller in dem kleinen Fischerdorf La Conner bei Seattle.