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Tom Robbins


Born
in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, The United States
July 22, 1932

Died
February 09, 2025

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Thomas Eugene Robbins was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas"). Robbins lived in La Conner, Washington from 1970, where he wrote nine of his books. His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant. His last work, published in 2014, was Tibetan Peach Pie, a self-declared "un-memoir". ...more

Average rating: 3.99 · 391,852 ratings · 18,352 reviews · 56 distinct worksSimilar authors
Jitterbug Perfume

4.23 avg rating — 79,447 ratings — published 1984 — 44 editions
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Still Life with Woodpecker

4.04 avg rating — 82,385 ratings — published 1980 — 65 editions
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

3.78 avg rating — 56,420 ratings — published 1976 — 76 editions
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Skinny Legs and All

4.07 avg rating — 43,470 ratings — published 1990 — 47 editions
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Another Roadside Attraction

3.99 avg rating — 35,294 ratings — published 1971 — 41 editions
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Fierce Invalids Home from H...

4.04 avg rating — 28,961 ratings — published 2000 — 56 editions
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Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas

3.76 avg rating — 23,008 ratings — published 1994 — 48 editions
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Villa Incognito

3.69 avg rating — 19,271 ratings — published 2003 — 48 editions
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Tibetan Peach Pie: A True A...

3.91 avg rating — 7,210 ratings — published 2014 — 29 editions
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Wild Ducks Flying Backward

3.57 avg rating — 6,791 ratings — published 2005 — 26 editions
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“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.”
Tom Robbins

“When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.”
Tom Robbins

“The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being.”
Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume

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