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Jitterbug Perfume
Tom Robbins
Literary Fiction / Fantasy
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
—· 342 p· 1984
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Overview
About
Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight (Paris time).It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle.The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is le…
Pages
342
Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Prose
9
Absurdist Humor
9
Narration
8
Mythic Symbolism
8
Worldbuilding
7
Emotional depth
7
Pacing
7
Plot twists
6
My journey
My experience
private
Status
Unread
Started
DNF
Finished
My rating
Burndown
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Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight (Paris time).It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing bottle.The bottle is blue, very, very old, and embossed with the image of a goat-horned god. If the liquid in the bottle actually is the secret essence of the universe, as some folks seem to think, it had better be discovered soon because it is le…
Pages
342
Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
—
—
Prose
9
Absurdist Humor
9
Narration
8
Mythic Symbolism
8
Worldbuilding
7
Emotional depth
7
Pacing
7
Plot twists
6
My journey
Status
Unread
Started
DNF
Finished
My rating
Burndown
Reading days
Notes
your reading journal
Books like Jitterbug Perfume
If you loved this
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
Another Roadside Attraction
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Christopher Moore
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