Trout Fishing in America (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Brautigan
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque
- Time of Work: Fall, 1960, through fall, 1961, with flashbacks to the 1940’s
- Genres: Long fiction, Surrealist literature
- Subjects: 1960’s, Memory, Philosophy or philosophers, Love or romance, Nature, Rivers or waterways, San Francisco, Pacific Northwest, Fishing or fishermen
- Locales: San Francisco, CA, Northwest (U.S.)
Places Discussed
*Washington Park. Public park in San Francisco, California, that is meticulously described in the first pages of the novel. The park is named after George Washington, one of the Founders of America. Within the park is a statue of another Founder, Benjamin Franklin, whose autobiography and aphorisms are famous for their optimism. The statue’s four-sided base has the word “welcome” on each side. The park, however, is not filled with optimistic Americans opening their arms to strangers. Rather, winos hang around waiting for sandwiches to be distributed to...
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