Author:  Eric W. Bragg:

ISBN: 0595240216

The following review was contributed by: Paul Lappen & CLICK TO VIEW Paul Lappen's Reviews

To quote from the back cover of this book: "This
modern collection of surrealist prose-poems was
inspired by the improvisational method of automatic
writing, popularized by the International Surrealist
movement. From one brain to another without any
literary rules or standards; the words in these
automatic writings are not just words, but rays of
subconscious illumination that peel away the various
layers of the 'civilized,' western psyche, one by
one."

For those who understand what that means, and are
interested in such writing, read no further; buy this
book. For everyone else, these are not stories in the
usual sense. They are collections of strange images
where bizarre things happen right next to each other.
In just the first story, a thin stream of sugar is
dropped into a tiger's eyeball, a frog burps a shiny
platinum marble, there is a talking caterpillar, and
an umbrella reveals a family sunning themselves on the
shore of an island continent formed from green
volcanic glass deposited hundreds of thousands of
years ago.

This book is very much not for everyone. For those
who want to give their brain a workout, this is an
excellent choice. For those who want "normal" books
with plot and characters and all those English
Literature words, this book can be skipped.