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Title: Jitterbug Perfume by TOM ROBBINS ISBN: 0-553-34898-1 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.72 (127 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: my favorite book ever
Comment: I love this book so much I have to read it at least once a year. I've enjoyed all of Tom Robbins' other books, but this is by far my favorite. If I ever go through a slump of not reading, I can pull this book out and be back in the mood. The different plotlines are woven together so well, that even though I may think at the end of a section "oh, I wanted more about Alobar and Kudra now" I am immediately caught up in whichever character's story has taken over. You see very early on how all the characters are linked, and the way the whole thing unfolds never gets old for me. I find this book to be hilarious, imaginative, thought-provoking, inspirational, and very hopeful. I know that every re-read will end with a smile and a sense of fulfillment. I have recommended this book to every person who has ever asked me about something to read. In fact, I buy every thrift store copy I ever come across (and I can never believe that someone got rid of this book), so I have extra copies around to give to people who haven't read it. Jitterbug Perfume makes me happy every time I read it so I feel compelled to share the experience with everyone else! Enjoy!
Rating: 5
Summary: The 1st Robbins book you read is usually your favorite...
Comment: and this book is not an exception for me. Living in Seattle I had always heard of Tom Robbins, but I never read him. That all changed one fateful day in 1989 while I was meandering the fiction stacks at the downtown public library. "Jitterbug Perfume" was the only Robbins book on the shelf. I look back on that week of reading my first Robbbins novel with fondness.
It starts in the present day, then flashes back to medieval Europe and King Alobar. Alobar discovers the secret to everlasting life, and we follow him and his wife Kudra on their many adventures. They meet Pan in Arcadia and take him with them to Paris where the flashback ends and we are in the 20th century looking for the recipe of Kudra's perfume. Trust me, the plot is entertaining, and reading Robbins' prose is a pleasure.
I have read all of them and my number two choice of his is "Skinny Legs and All". I loved Can O Beans and Spoon. I like it when Robbins leaves reality and delves into the realm of fantasy.
These two books have the most elements of fantasy, but they never leave reality completely. What an imagination he has! And they way he turns a phrase and spins a metaphor leaves lovers of language well sated.
My third favorite book of his is "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues". The Chink is a wonderful character and I really enjoyed his philosphy of life. I won't tell you what it is because you should read it for yourself. It is the most hedonistic of his novels.
All of his books are wonderful; but this is the first one I read and it will alway be near and dear to my heart.
So choose wisely: you will always be partial to the first Robbins novel that you read. Actually, you can't make a wrong choice because they are all entertaining and imaginative with phrases spun like no other author I have ever read. Enjoy!
Rating: 5
Summary: Mythical, biblical, spiritual and downright [attractive]
Comment: I read this novel the first time in my late teens and discovered a compelling and complex story intricately crafted in many layers, heaped, one upon the other. A few years later, I used the book for a paper on the biblical and mythological foundations of English literature. The story is overflowing with overt and covert references to things spiritual, religious and mythological, covering ground from ancient India, Egypt, Greece and Rome to modern day. (My "unorthodox" book selection did bemuse my elderly male professor, used to papers on Shakespeare or Milton, but nonetheless pulled off an A-minus.)
It is, as the editorial description says, an epic saga and touches on many topics including spirituality, nature, true love, the best [physical relations], everlasting life and the importance of the humble beet. (Ah yes, the beet - that large, reddish purple root vegetable, staining the lips and the tips of fingers with its deep, life affirming and luscious redness...)
(...) Yes. Well. It is rather difficult to explain how beets fit into the equation, so I suggest you consider reading the book and then you'll understand completely. ;-)
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Title: Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins ISBN: 0553348973 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robbins ISBN: 0553377884 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins ISBN: 055334949X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins ISBN: 0553349481 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 April, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas by Tom Robbins ISBN: 0553377876 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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