![]() ![]() ![]() He distills human nature down to its reptilian, mammalian, and floral ingredients and stimulates philosophical thoughtīy giving us a whiff of the the exact makeup of the intense eau de vivre that we humans subconsciously secrete from our mental pores. Robbins' literary style is not for everyone, but that's not to say that his books won't set neurons firing and hormones racing in one direction or another, no matter whom they might belong to. In Jitterbug Perfume, he reduces the world to its basic essences - sex, smells, selfishness - and does so through characters who are caricatures of ourselves: caricatures because they will say what our hormone-saturated body parts long to say and ask what our higher-order neurons long to ask. ![]() Tom Robbins author Jitterbug Perfume book universe laws concepts 02 Share Our individuality is all, all, that we have. In Jitterbug Perfume, published in 1985, Tom Robbins combines realism with fantasy and comedy to tell his tale of intertwined lives across centuries. His cockamamie imagery will make you simultaneously chuckle and cringe with nervous excitement as you realize life is actually as upside-down as he portrays it in fiction. 20 of the best book quotes from Jitterbug Perfume 01 Share The universe does not have laws. Tom Robbins has a talent for witty prose that borders on the obscenely poetic. ![]()
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