{"product_id":"jitterbug-perfume-tom-robbins","title":"Jitterbug Perfume (Tom Robbins)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e [A] wild comic rip through eternity and beyond.  \u003ci\u003eThe Detroit News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA genre-blending romp of a novel that  celebrates the joy of individual expression and self-reliance  (\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e), from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStill Life with Woodpecker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJitterbug Perfume \u003c\/i\u003eis an epic. Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn t conclude until nine o clock tonight (Paris time). It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle. The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is leaking and there is only a drop or two left.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTom Robbins\u003c\/b\u003e has been called  a vital natural resource  by the \u003ci\u003eOregonian\u003c\/i\u003e,  one of the wildest and most entertaining novelists in the world  by the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e of London, and  the most dangerous writer in the world  by Fernanda Pivano of Italy s \u003ci\u003eCorriere della Sera\u003c\/i\u003e. His works include \u003ci\u003eJitterbug Perfume\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEven Cowgirls Get the Blues\u003c\/i\u003e.  A Southerner by birth, Tom Robbins lived in and around Seattle from 1962 until he passed away in 2025.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 352 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63409561207133,"sku":"K013791393","price":17.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/221339-1379139300001A.jpg?v=1770953217","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/jitterbug-perfume-tom-robbins","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}