The Abortion
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Abortion
By (Author) Richard Brautigan
Vintage Publishing
Vintage Classics
15th July 2002
4th July 2002
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
813.54
Physical Properties
Paperback
176
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 10mm
129g
Description
A reclusive young man works in a San Francisco library for unpublishable books. Life's losers, an astonishing number of whom seem to be writers, can bring their manuscripts to the library, where they will be welcomed, registered and shelved. They will not be read, but they will be cherished. In comes Vida, with her manuscript. Her book is about her gorgeous body, in which she feels uncomfortable. The librarian makes her feel comfortable, and together they live in the back of the library until the trip to Tijuana changes them in ways neither of them had ever expected.
Author Bio
Richard Brautigan was born in Washington in 1935. During the 1950's he moved to California and became involved in the Beat Movement while developing his writing career. He died in 1984.
