In 1984, at age 49, Richard Brautigan had recently moved to Bolinas, California, where he was living alone in a large, old house. He died of a self-inflicted .44 Magnum Gunshot wound to the head. The exact date of his death is unknown, and his decomposed body was found by Robert Yench, a private investigator, on October 25, 1984. The body was found on the living room floor, in front of a large window that looked out over the Pacific Ocean. It is speculated that Brautigan may have ended his life over a month earlier, on September 14, 1984, after talking to former girlfriend Marcia Clay on the telephone. Brautigan was survived by his parents, both ex-wives, and his daughter Ianthe. He has one grandchild named Elizabeth, who was born about two years after his death. He left a suicide note that simply read: «Messy, isn’t it?».
Brautigan once wrote, «All of us have a place in history. Mine is clouds».
Romeo and Juliet
If you will die for me,
I will die for you
and our graves will
be like two lovers washing
their clothes together
in a laundromat.
If you will bring the soap,
I will bring the bleach.
Real Estate
I have emotions
that are like newspapers that
read themselves.
I go for days at a time
trapped in the want ads.
I feel as if I am an ad
for the sale of a haunted house:
18 rooms
$37,000
I’m yours
ghosts and all.
18. november 2011 at 07:55
Leste akkurat ferdig boken din. Jeg elsker den.
23. november 2011 at 11:34
E: Er på jobb stort sett hele tiden nå. Lange og seige arbeidsddager med masse oppdrag som skal ferdigjøres før jul. (www.kibogmorits.no) Avsluttet akkurat en samtale med et trykkeri, hentet en kopp kaffe på kjøkkenet og tok meg en 5 minutter. Sjekket de faste bloggene mine (deadfix.com, ffffound.com og themthangs.com og ikke minst; min egen). Så oppdaget jeg meldingen din og merker allerede hvor mye enklere det er å fortsette dagen.
Tusen, tusen takk!
30. januar 2012 at 10:09
Skal gå til anskaffelse av boken din, blei nyskjerrig- veldig
24. februar 2012 at 23:32
Tone: Det er kult å høre! Det er tomt på lageret og nettbuttikken nå. Alt som er igjen er 6 kopier som ligger på Halvbroren, boksjappa tilknyttet Cappelen Damm huset i Akersgata og/eller de sjappene som ikke valgte å sende den i retur nå i januar. MEN: boka kommer som pocket en gang til våren. Så vet du det.