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Publication
Dell Publishing Co., Inc. (1970), Edition: 1st, 85 pages
Description
"Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt is Richard Brautigan's eighth poetry publication and includes 58 poems. The title of the book echoes a 1942 San Francisco Chronicle headline describing a successful operation by Rommel during the North African Campaign of World War II." -- Wikipedia viewed April 27, 2021.
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LibraryThing member psybre
Having read nearly half of Brautigan's other work, I astound myself to say I could not translate and feel through most of the poems in this collection, as I felt I had with "The Pill" and "Sombrero" and "Watermelon" and others. I'll have to try again in a couple of years. This is surely *not* the
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book to introduce Richard Brautigan. Two of the poems wrought chills and tears. Anyway. Of course. Show Less
LibraryThing member LibroLindsay
I love that my bookshelves are a veritable treasure trove patiently--very patiently--awaiting my attention. Case in point: 5 Richard Brautigan books that I took from my parents' shelves, I am unsure whether it was with or without permisssion, sometime at least 8 years ago or longer. They have
Although I know a handful of his short stories, one poem (contained in this collection, I realized), and the gist of a few novels, this is my first Brautigan I've actually read all the way through. The poems? Alright. Some were sweet, some were funny, some were dumb. None stood out to me too much...my favorite remains the one my dear old friends Kate and Sam used as their wedding billboard/events brochure type thingy:
Romeo and Juliet
If you will die for me
I will die for you
and our graves will
be like two lovers washing
their clothes together
in a laundromat.
If you will bring the soap,
I will bring the bleach.
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I'm on for the short stories.
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dutifully persevered through at least 6 moves and have become such a fixture on my shelves that up until recently my eyes generally glazed over the "BR" section. No more! Their voices started piping up a few weeks ago; I could not resist.Although I know a handful of his short stories, one poem (contained in this collection, I realized), and the gist of a few novels, this is my first Brautigan I've actually read all the way through. The poems? Alright. Some were sweet, some were funny, some were dumb. None stood out to me too much...my favorite remains the one my dear old friends Kate and Sam used as their wedding billboard/events brochure type thingy:
Romeo and Juliet
If you will die for me
I will die for you
and our graves will
be like two lovers washing
their clothes together
in a laundromat.
If you will bring the soap,
I will bring the bleach.
---
I'm on for the short stories.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1970
Physical description
85 p.; 7.7 inches
ISBN
0440374960 / 9780440374961