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Still Life with Woodpecker
by Tom Robbins
I was half way through re-reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance which I first read as a philosophy undergraduate in 1983 on the grounds it was likely to be more fun to read than Ayer or Hume. It was more fun in 1983 but in 2022 I was finding it a bit tedious. So I decided to reread a book I first read in 1981, as it was next to Zen on the bookshelf.
My original copy of Still Life with Woodpecker was left back in Mthatha but it felt and looked just the same. However, rather like Zen, I think it is better read the young side of 30 (I was 18 when I read it but I'll give it some leeway). The self indulgence began to irritate and the cod philosophy made me yearn for Ayer and Hume. I'm glad I read it and loved it at 18 and didn't pick it up for the first time at 58
My original copy of Still Life with Woodpecker was left back in Mthatha but it felt and looked just the same. However, rather like Zen, I think it is better read the young side of 30 (I was 18 when I read it but I'll give it some leeway). The self indulgence began to irritate and the cod philosophy made me yearn for Ayer and Hume. I'm glad I read it and loved it at 18 and didn't pick it up for the first time at 58