Revenge of the Lawn by Richard Brautigan

The Revenge of the Lawn is a collection of stories by Richard Brautigan.  Its complete title is Revenge of the Lawn: Stories 1962-1970.  As the name implies, the collection of stories was written between 1962 and 1970, with most stories having been previously published in various literary journals and magazines, many of which were small and avant-garde.  The collection also contains two chapters originally intended for inclusion in Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America.  These are "Rembrandt Creek" and "Carthage Sink."  Like most of Brautigan's writings (e.g., the chapters in his novels), the stories are short, surrealistic, and satirical.

Some of the stories are as follows:

Revenge of the Lawn
1692 Cotton Mather Newsreel
Elmira
Coffee
The Scarlatti Tilt
The Weather in San Francisco
Ernest Hemingway's Typist
The Old Bus
The Ghost Children of Tacoma
Talk Show
Blackberry Motorist
Thoreau Rubber Band
Lint
One Afternoon in 1939
Banners of My Own Choosing
Atlantisburg
The Betrayed Kingdom
Greyhound Tragedy
Crazy Old Women Are Riding the Buses of Today
Holiday in Germany
World War I Los Angeles Aeroplane
A Study of California Flowers
Women When They Put Their Clothes on in the Morning
A Complete History of Germany and Japan
Getting to Know Each Other
The Post Office of Eastern Oregon
Corporal
Lint
Pale Marble Movie
A Short History of Oregon

The collection remains a classic among Brautigan fans, and many tributes using Brautigan's quirky economical style have been written since his death, including thirteen vignettes in the New Yorker.

~William Hammett

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