Ebook {Epub PDF} Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins

 · Top 20 Books, #2. My penultimate book in the top 20 list is Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins. I was introduced to Tom Robbins' landmark book Even Cowgirls Get the Blues my junior year at Occidental College, and I was enthralled with his language and writing instantly. His use of simile and metaphor were astounding to me, as they were so out of. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of “Jitterbug Perfume” by Tom Robbins. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Overview. In Jitterbug Perfume, published in , Tom Robbins combines realism with fantasy and . Jitterbug Perfume is 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/5(K).

Jitterbug Perfume is one of Robbins' patented elbow-in-the-ribs, yuck-it-up phantasmagorias, overstuffed with trippy analogies, shaped by goofy plot twists, and studded with stoned philosophical interludes about history, religion and sex, along with pointless mini-disquisitions such as the one on the specific sequence in which waitresses. ― Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume. tags: alligators, decatur, dixie-beer, french-quarter, honeysuckle, louisiana, magnolias, new-orleans, scent, smell. 62 likes. Like "There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence.". by Robbins, Tom. Jitterbug Perfume is Tom Robbins' fourth novel, published in The major themes of the book include the striving for immortality, the meaning behind the sense of smell, individual expression, self-reliance, sex, love, and religion. Beets and the god Pan figure prominently. The novel is a self-described epic, with four.

Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of “Jitterbug Perfume” by Tom Robbins. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. Overview. In Jitterbug Perfume, published in , Tom Robbins combines realism with fantasy and comedy to tell his tale of intertwined lives across centuries. Jitterbug Perfume is Tom Robbins' fourth novel and was listed on the New York Times Best Seller list in The book follows two interweaving storylines, one in Ancient Eurasia and one in the present day. The story connects dueling perfumers in Seattle, Paris and New Orleans to a bottle of incomparable perfume created by two unlikely but defiant lovers of the past who seek immortality. Orchestrated by a mysterious Irish philosopher, the past and the present collide when the characters come tog. Jitterbug Perfume. is 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.