First edition cover, showing Brautigan with his friend Hilda Hoffmann.
Author
Richard Brautigan
Cover artist
Edmund Shea
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Post-apocalyptic novel
postmodern novel
Publisher
Four Seasons Foundation
Publication date
June 14, 1968
Media type
Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages
138
ISBN
1-131-52372-5
Preceded by
Trout Fishing in America (1967)
Followed by
Revenge of the Lawn (1971)
In Watermelon Sugar is an American postmodern post-apocalyptic novel by Richard Brautigan written in 1964 and published in 1968.[1]
Set in the aftermath of a fallen civilization, it focuses on a commune organized around a central gathering house which is named "iDEATH". In this environment, many things are made of watermelon sugar (though the inhabitants also use pine wood and stone for building material and fuel made from trout oil). The landscape of the novel is constantly in flux; each day of the week has a different colored sun which creates different colored watermelons, and the central building also changes frequently. The novel's narrator, who is left unnamed, claims to be writing an investigative book on his experiences at iDEATH. Its first-person narrative is sparse and minimalist, granting the novel a detached and alien quality.
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