Scarlatti tilt richard brautigan biography

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Richard Brautigan was a novelist, poet and short story writer in the 1960's and 70's. Depending on who you talk to, his work was beautiful or depressing, funny or tragic, and perhaps both at the same time.

Opinions being opinions, I won't bore you with mine, but to say that at his best, he wrote some of the most stunningly beautiful fiction I've ever read.

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Brautigan's work may have been many things, but it was never predictable.

With The Scarlatti Tilt, he wrote his own riff on "short" short stories with a tale to rival Hemingway's classic "For sale: baby shoes, never worn". 'The Scarlatti Tilt', while no match for Hemingway, is still worthy of praise, if only for its sense of humour.

And although Brautigan sadly took his own life in 1984, he left behind some incredibly funny, strange and memorable poetry and prose for us to feast on.

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