A Man Jumps Out of an Airplane (Paperback)

by Barry Yourgrau (Author)

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Product Description
Uruguayan/French, tr George Bogin

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Arcade Publishing; 1st Arcade Pbk. Ed edition (May 12, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559704861
• ISBN-13: 978-1559704861
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #407,887 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's okay...., May 4, 2004

By	jmz "jzarate12" (Fremont, ca United States) - See all my reviews

I'm all for weird books and stories, but Barry Yourgrau's A Man Jumps Out of an Airplane was a bit too much for me. I liked (and could keep focused) about 25% of the short stories in this collection of flash fiction. Some of it was just too crazy for me, and some were crazy but with some substance to them. I think it would be interested to take some of Yourgrau's more substantial short fiction and turn them into movies -- depending on who does it and how it's done, of course. Take everything literally, and you'll just have a Rene Magritte movie that doesn't really make sense.

Hey! Excellent way to explain Yourgrau and probably a great compliment to him as a writer -- his writings can be greatly compared to Magritte's art. Enough sad. If it's your "thing," then you'll love it. If you need a bit more to hold a story together, then you may be driven crazy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I LOVE THIS BOOK, April 21, 1999

By A Customer

This is one of my favorite books of all time, one of the funniest books I have ever read. Barry Yourgrau is a genius. I read this book a long time ago and have always had a hard time finding copies. I give good books to my friends all the time, and I'm thrilled that this is being reissued and now I'll be to find copies for myself and other people. Definitely read this book. Everyone I have given it to loves it. And I just read his new book, The Haunted Traveler. It's great, read them both, but read this one first.

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Barry, September 23, 1999

By A Customer

I read this book several years ago when it first came out, and I loved it. I still like to go back to it every now and then, pluck one of the stories and savor it like a fresh grape.