Description
A wildly imaginative and darkly comic novel, this countercultural classic follows a young narrator whose life in California becomes entangled with the grandiose fantasies of Lee Mellon, a self-styled Confederate general living in Big Sur. As ordinary reality collides with Civil War mythology, the story explores friendship, identity, violence, and the persistent pull of the American past. Blending deadpan humor, surreal episodes, and poetic simplicity, it showcases a distinctive experimental style that helped define the literary spirit of the 1960s.
Available Editions
paperback
Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence
Published Jan 1, 1979
159 pages
ISBN: 0440016924
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Details
First Published
1964
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Confederate General from Big Sur by Richard Brautigan.