What inspired Richard Brautigan to write about memory and loss through such whimsical imagery?
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So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away

So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away
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What inspired Richard Brautigan to write about memory and loss through such whimsical imagery?
Did anyone else feel the balance between humor and melancholy was perfectly done, or did it feel jarring?
How does the setting of 20th-century Americana influence the themes in the memoir?