![]() We meet her at the beginning of a disastrous three-day weekend, when she loses everything after the market crashes on Friday night. Gwendolyn Mati is a young stockbroker with lofty ambitions and seemingly undeveloped common sense. The narrative occurs in the mid-1990s (when it was written), a time when the stock market saw a severe decline. The story is arranged in such a manner that it seems to the reader like a grand journey into the realms of mysticism and economics. ![]() ![]() This totally immerses the reader in the main character’s experience. This book was written by Robbins in the second person and in the present tense. Some authors use the first-person (I or we) or third-person (she/he, they) pronouns while writing a narrative. Second, this book is a great illustration of Robbins’s writing skill since it is written in the second person and takes place over the course of just three days. ![]() Its novel qualities come from the ambitious and far-reaching concepts it puts forth. First, Robbins’s tale is the result of his numerous interests, and the fact that he is able to create the links between them is a testament to his storytelling abilities. There are several things that set apart Tom Robbins’s book Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas from the rest of the pack. ![]() This edition published by Bantam Books (1994). ![]()
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