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| name = So The Wind Won't Blow It All Away |
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| author = [[Richard Brautigan]] |
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| country = [[United States]] |
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| language = [[English language|English]] |
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| genre = [[Novel]] |
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| publisher = [[Dell Publishing|Delacorte Press/ Seymour Lawrence]] |
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| release_date = [[1982]] |
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| media_type = Print ([[Hardcover|Hardback]] & [[Paperback]]) |
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| pages = 131 |
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| isbn = ISBN 0-440-08195-5 (hardback edition) |
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| preceded_by = [[Dreaming of Babylon: A Private Eye Novel 1942]] |
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| followed_by = [[An Unfortunate Woman: A Journey]] |
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The story is about a narrator in 1979 remembering the events that happened when he was 12 in 1947. The young narrator lives in a lower class Oregon neighborhood and collects beer bottles or does favors for neighbors to get money. He also spends time with his two friends fishing in the lake near the town. Instead of buying a hamburger at a local diner, he buys a pistol from his neighborhood shooting range. While duck hunting with his two friends he accidentally shoots and kills one of his friends. He then reports the death of his friend to the authorities. The narrator does not confirm the murder yet he also does not deny it. The novel ends with the narrator moving out of the neighborhood. |
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This is a semi-autobiography novel Brautigan had written because of similar events as a child. However the shooting was a ficitious account. Some of the events in the novel are mentioned in a biography ''You Can't Catch Death'' written by his daughter [[Ianthe Elizabeth Brautigan]]. |
This is a semi-autobiography novel Brautigan had written because of similar events as a child. However the shooting was a ficitious account. Some of the events in the novel are mentioned in a biography ''You Can't Catch Death'' written by his daughter [[Ianthe Elizabeth Brautigan]]. |
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A thirty minute film based on this novel was produced by Swensen Productions (Ianthe Brautigan and husband Paul Swensen) and shown at the [[New York Film Festival]] in June of 2000 and the [[Los Angeles Film Festival]] in October of 2000. The screenplay was written by Robert Duxbury. |
A thirty minute film based on this novel was produced by Swensen Productions (Ianthe Brautigan and husband Paul Swensen) and shown at the [[New York Film Festival]] in June of 2000 and the [[Los Angeles Film Festival]] in October of 2000. The screenplay was written by Robert Duxbury. |
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==Truth from fiction== |
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''So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away'' is a [[semi-autobiographical]] novel and which some events were truth and some were fictitious. The main character is the [[author surrogate]] in the book having the same birthday, living in the same place and being the same ages which were 12 in 1947 and 44 in 1979. The fatal shooting was fictional and in real life Brautigan accidentally shot part of his best friend's brother's ear only injuring him slightly. |
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Revision as of 16:24, 23 May 2008
So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away is a novel written by Richard Brautigan, published in 1982. The story is about the narrator in 1979 remembering the events that happended when he was thirteen on February 17, 1948 when he accidentally shot his best friend. This is a semi-autobiography novel Brautigan had written because of similar events as a child. However the shooting was a ficitious account. Some of the events in the novel are mentioned in a biography You Can't Catch Death written by his daughter Ianthe Elizabeth Brautigan.
A thirty minute film based on this novel was produced by Swensen Productions (Ianthe Brautigan and husband Paul Swensen) and shown at the New York Film Festival in June of 2000 and the Los Angeles Film Festival in October of 2000. The screenplay was written by Robert Duxbury.