A reissue of three works by Richard Brautigan in one volume! With updated translations after 20 years.

Richard Brautigan (1935-1984) was an American novelist and poet, an iconic figure of the 1960s-1970s counterculture, who inspired many writers from Erland Loo and Christopher Moore to Haruki Murakami and Sarah Hall.

The book includes: the 1971 short story collection Lawn Revenge, a paradoxical and vivid collection of both full-length stories and sketches; the historical novel Abortion, about a California public library full of romantic possibilities that only accepts unpublished manuscripts; The story 'Lest the Wind Blow It All Away' is about a fatal mistake when, instead of a hamburger, pistol cartridges were bought.

This mini-collection of Richard Brautigan's unique prose is a significant event for all admirers of the work of a writer who was not at home in this world.

'Brautigan's work is one of the most convincing examples in American literature of the penetration of Eastern philosophy and aesthetics into the Western canon; he possesses a unique lyrical voice that resonates within the space of European literary minimalism. At the same time, Brautigan remains a truly national American writer.' — Max Nemtsov, translator