An Unfortunate Woman A Journey

Richard Brautigan was an original-brilliant and wickedly funny-and his books resonated with the sixties, making him an overnight counterculture hero. Taken in its entirety, his body of work reveals an artistry that outreaches the literary fads that so quickly swept him up.Dark, humorous, and exquisitely haunting, his final book of fiction explores the fragile, mysterious shadowland surrounding death. Told with classic Brautigan wit, poetic style and mordant irony, An Unfortunate Woman assumes the form of a traveler's journal, chronicling the protagonist's journey and his oblique ruminations on the suicide of one woan and the death from cancer of another, a close friend.AUTHORBIO: Richard Brautigan published ten novels, a book of short stories, and nine books of poetry during his short life. He is best known for his novel Trout Fishing in America, which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide.

Richard Brautigan published 11 novels, a book of short stories, and 8 books of poetry during his short life. He is best known for Troutfishing In America, which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide.

"I read it in one sitting - its only 110 pages - and felt the loss of this remarkable talent. His insights into life were incredible."--USA Today

"The gravity-free movement of Brautigan's remarkable mind, the piercing comic insights, the deft evocation of the thoroughly marginal places are aching reminders of this most original writer." --Thomas McGuane

"Richard Brautigan's An Unfortunate Woman is not only vintage Brautigan but is among his best, filled with breathtaking insights about our life now." --Jim Harrison

"How fortunate we are to have another book by our friend Richard Brautigan, a man we all respected and loved." --Peter Fonda