Richard Brautigan
There is a "new" book [1999 - right] of some "undiscovered" writings of his. There is a biography, "YOU CAN'T CATCH DEATH," by his daughter, IANTHE, and a new novel [2000], "AN UNFORTUNATE WOMAN."
1935 - 1984
If the two poems on this page about loneliness do not move you emotionally, then you should do a quick compassion check. Brautigan committed suicide at age 40, perhaps because he felt too deeply. Read some Jerzy Kosinski (another suicide) and learn how to feel.
Apathy kills artistry.
IN A CAFE
"I watched a man in a cafe fold a slice of bread as if he were folding a birth certificate or looking at the photograph of a dead lover."
WIDOW'S LAMENT
"It's not quite cold enough to go borrow some firewood from the neighbors."
Brautigan and his daughter, Ianthe
POSTSCRIPT
"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."

G. K. CHESTERTON
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