Tom Robbins was famous for their extravagant, not for all easy to receive novels. “His books were like a dose of LSD” – summed up the activities of the writer “The Guardian”. The author created worlds full of colorful characters, crazy metaphors and countercultural fantasies. He died at the age of 92.
Tom Robbins is dead. His books defined the 1960s.
His wife Alex Robbins informed about the writer’s death, who published a Facebook post on this subject. He spent the last moments of his life in the hospice, he remained “brave, funny and charming” to the end. “He was forever young spirit, people thought he was my older brother. He asked people to celebrate the memory of him by reading his books” – writes Alexa.” If you open one of his novels, you will still find him there. You will see his laughter, dance, and then share with you his crazy wisdom, “she added.
Robbins wrote many bestseller novels that defined the 1960s. His career lasted up to 50 years. At that time, he created extraordinary characters such as Sissy Hankshaw, a hitchhiker with giant thumbs. In an interview of 2000, Robbins said that his goal was to mix humor, fantasy, spirituality, corporeality and poetry. “I create combinations that were not in literature before,” he said.
Filming “and cowboy boots can dream” was a flap. Keanu Reeves played in the film
Based on the Robbins novel “and cowboy boots can dream” a film directed by Gus Van Santa was made. The American comedy drama debuted in 1993 and was a cash and artistic flap. In the main role in a loud production you can see the Thurman Zaba. Keanu Reeves and Lorraine Bracco also played in the painting known from “Soprano’s family”.
Source: Gazeta
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