Μπι όπως μπύρα

by Tom Robbins, Γιώργος Μπαρουξής (Translator)

Ένα παιδικό βιβλίο για την Μπίρα; Ναι, είτε το πιστεύετε είτε όχι· αλλά το "Μπι όπως Μπίρα" είναι επίσης και ένα βιβλίο για μεγάλους· και, βέβαια, έχετε υπόψη σας ότι είναι ένα έργο του αντικομφορμιστή συγγραφέα Τομ Ρόμπινς, που φημίζεται διεθνώς για την ικανότητά του να διαφωτίζει σοβαρά αλλά και να ψυχαγωγεί κωμικά. Mια φορά κι έναν καιρό (πάνω κάτω τώρα) υπήρχε ένας πλανήτης (τι θα λέγατε γι' αυτόν εδώ;) που οι κάτοικοί του κατανάλωναν τριάντα έξι δισεκατομμύρια γαλόνια μπίρα τον χρόνο (είναι γεγονός, μπορείτε να το δείτε και στο Google). Ανάμεσα σ' αυτούς που επηρεάζονται, ο καθένας ή η καθεμιά με τον δικό του ή τον δικό της τρόπο, απ' όλες αυτές τις μπουρμπουλήθρες και τα ρεψίματα και τους αφρούς, ήταν και μια έξυπνη, περίεργη, παράτολμη μαθήτρια του νηπιαγωγείου, η Γκρέισι, η ταλαιπωρημένη μαμά της, ο αναίσθητος μπαμπάς της, ο αντικομφορμιστής θείος της και ένας μαγικός δυναμικός εισβολέας από έναν κόσμο κρυμμένο μέσα στον κόσμο μας. Με πρωταγωνιστές τους προαναφερθέντες χαρακτήρες το "Μπι όπως Μπίρα" -γοητευτικό αλλά και ανατρεπτικό μαζί- οδηγεί τους αναγνώστες του, μικρούς και μεγάλους, σε μια απρόσμενη και εις βάθος διερεύνηση των ορίων της πραγματικότητας, τις μαγικές ικανότητες των παιδιών και, φυσικά, στο υπέρτατο νόημα μιας ωραίας παγωμένης μπιρίτσας.

Genres: Fiction, Humor, Beer, Fantasy, Audiobook, Childrens, Food

136 pages, Hardcover

First published April 21, 2009

About the author

Thomas Eugene Robbins was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy dramas"). Robbins lived in La Conner, Washington from 1970, where he wrote nine of his books. His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant. His last work, published in 2014, was Tibetan Peach Pie, a self-declared "un-memoir".

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

I see you. Yes, you. The Tom Robbins fan. Quit making that face. Yank out the wedgie. Relax, man! This two-star rating bears no reflection on YOU. I’m not giving YOU two stars. I’m not even giving Tom Robbins two stars. It’s just that B is for Beer is terribly disappointing. I mean, you see the cover, right? Look at it! Look how totally awesome and retro it looks, right? You see the Simpson-esque largesse of the stein, with a hoard of dance-happy (overly long-armed) adults surrounding? They’re living the good life, gazing up at the cup which runneth over, celebrating the rush of good energy that races through any crowd of joyful imbibers.

Such promise! Such hope! Can such pure, overwhelming joy really emanate from these 125 pages? When I finish reading this book, will I feel as gleeful as the people on the cover?

Meh.

The fact of the matter is, B is for Beer is sort of a textbook. And a boring one. It’s hard to make beer production interesting, because, let’s face facts, science and agriculture are fascinating, but not as fascinating as, say, sex. Or murders. Or time travel. (Wait, unless it’s sex with a time-traveling scientist, dragging you with him across space and time as he attempts to outrun the contract on his head!) I digress...

So, yeah, B is for Beer is sorta textbooky. Even the arrival of a Beer Fairy doesn’t do much to make the adventure wilder or more brewski-like. And it doesn’t help that the protagonist is a 6-year-old girl. We’re meant to believe that this 6-year-old girl is quite cute, quite smart, and quite curious, but frankly, I don’t even buy into the fact that she’s a 6-year-old girl, let alone a cute, smart, and curious 6-year-old girl.

I’m bored.

Let us then quell my boredom and discuss two points which I found to be lovely, uplifting, scenic points. 1. Costa Rica. 6-year-old Gracie’s uncle moves to Costa Rica. Did you know that Costa Rica has free health care, has a zillion national parks, and has no military? Sign me up! I wanna move to Costa Rica!!! 2. Sappy quotes. As Gracie and the Beer Fairy part ways after rescuing a young ingenue from impending doom, the fairy says to Gracie, “I want you to promise me that you’ll always be this brave, that when exploiters disguised as public servants offer you protection from puffed-up dangers, you’ll turn your back and skip away. Promise me you won’t be afraid of travel, of people different than yourself, of spiders, bats, bullies, dentists, attorneys, peer pressure, bad taste, social disapproval, insecurity, Sugar Elves... That you won’t quake before old men with titles, and most especially, that you’ll never be afraid to love, not even when there’s a chance you aren’t being loved in return.” Oh. My. God. You tugged my heart strings and jerked my tears, Tom Robbins! I don’t care if it’s cliche. I shall hold my hand over my heart, cry one round, salty tear, and toast life with a cold one.

Adieu.

[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read Tom Robbins decades ago for the madcap humor, the quips, the absurdity. The sheer wacky invention. B is for Beer has much less of all that—well, it is short, so it has less of everything, I guess—than I might have liked. I read that it was written as a kind of challenge—betcha can’t write a book about beer for children!--and it really isn’t. It’s a book for the Robbins fan club, grandpas and grandmas, most of them imagining reading it to their grandkids, maybe, but they really wouldn’t. It’s written with the help of Google, I am guessing, a series of lighthearted lectures about the history and making of beer filled with oodles of factoids.

"No, pumpkin, beer isn't extracted from grasshoppers. Nor hop toads, either. A hop is some funky vegetable that even vegans won't eat. Farmers dry the flowers of this plant and call them 'hops.' I should mention that only the female hop plants are used in making beer, which may be why men are so attracted to it. It's a mating instinct."

Okay, that’s pretty good, for a way for framing information, and I did laugh a couple times, but you can already tell I wanted to like it more than I did. It’s kind of a “children’s book for adults” in that it is narrated by Gracie.

6 year old Gracie has an indifferent mommy, a grumpy daddy, a kind of hip philosopher Uncle Moe; at one point she drinks a whole can of beer, gets sick and meets a beer fairy who tells her the same kind of things about beer her uncle did. And stuff about Costa Rica—which has no military!—to which said uncle moves.

This gives you a glimpse into Robbins’ wit:

“As you are surely aware, our planet is turning on its axis around and around in space. It turns slowly, however, making one complete rotation only every twenty-four hours; and that's a good thing -- isn't it? -- because if our world turned as fast as Gracie's room appeared to be turning, the sun would be either rising or setting every fifteen minutes, astronomers would be as woozy as rodeo clowns, and it'd be nearly impossible to keep our meatballs from rolling out of our spaghetti.”

Not bad. So Robbins can still write, and amusingly, but most of this book is just information that will lead home brewers to own the book. But a bit sluggish, on the thicker side of stout. Bogs down, I mean. And after a series of infomercials from both Gracie’s uncle AND the beer fairy, I didn’t need sappy kid lectures about the difference between courage and liquid courage:

"Courage is where you find it. Bravery that comes from a bottle-- or from book or from a sermon-- lacks the full strength and purity of bravery that comes straight from the heart."

Or the warnings about liver damage and so on. I know this stuff. I have a liver. This is supposed to be a funny book, Tom.

Okay, I did like this one, though:

“The world is a wonderfully weird place, consensual reality is significantly flawed, no institution can be trusted, certainty is a mirage, security a delusion, and the tyranny of the dull mind forever threatens — but our lives are not as limited as we think they are, all things are possible, laughter is holier than piety, freedom is sweeter than fame, and in the end it’s love and love alone that really matters.”

I listened to it, a couple hours time, and it was worth a few smiles. But if you have never read Robbins, start with Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Another Roadside Attraction or Still Life With Woodpecker.

[Foteini Fp · Rating 3 out of 5]

Φτιάχνεις καφέ και το διαβάζεις σε ένα απόγευμα. Μικρό με ξεκούραστη για τα μάτια γραμματοσειρά. Πλασάρεται με τη φράση "A children's book for grownups. A grown-up book for children" αλλά θα μου επιτρέψετε να πω ότι κατά 80% είναι ένα children's book for children. Δεν είναι ο Ρόμπινς του Τρυποκάρυδου σε καμία περίπτωση, ούτε ο Ρόμπινς των Αγριεμένων ανάπηρων. Διακρίνεις ωστόσο τον Ρόμπινς πίσω από τις παραγράφους σε μικρές, πολύ μικρές δόσεις. Από το βιβλίο κρατώ τους λόγους που οι άντρες αγαπούν την μπύρα, την γεύση που έχουν οι Κυριακές και την προτροπή προς την Gracie αλλά καταβάθος στον αναγνώστη "promise me you won't be afraid of travel, of people different than yourself, of spiders, bats, bullies, dentists, attorneys, peer pressure, bad taste, social disapproval, insecurity, Sugar Elves..."
2.5 αστεράκια αλλά αφού δεν υπάρχει το μισό πάμε στα 3.

[Ian D · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ένα ανατρεπτικό παραμύθι για μεγάλους με θέμα την μπύρα. Και γιατί όχι;
Τίποτα το αξιομνημόνευτο αλλά πρέπει να συγχαρούμε τον Tom Robbins για την πρωτοτυπία της κεντρικής ιδέας, τον ιδιαίτερο τρόπο γραφής και τα πονηρά χαμόγελα που είναι ικανός να μας αποσπάσει καθ' όλη τη διάρκεια του βιβλίου.

[Eylül Görmüş · Rating 4 out of 5]

Herkesin bayıldığı Tom Robbins kitabı Parfümün Dansı benim maalesef hiç anlaşamadığım bir kitap olmuştu, sağolsun Ayrıntı Yayınları beni Tom Robbins ile barıştırmaya niyet ettiği için geçtiğimiz aylarda bana koca bir Tom Robbins seçkisi gönderdiler, ben de bir şans daha vereyim istedim. "Çocuklar için yetişkin kitabı, yetişkinler için çocuk kitabı" diye tanımlanan "B, Bira" ile seneler sonra bir Tom Robbins okumuş oldum ve epeyce sevdim bu kitabı, hadi hayırlısı.

Roald Dahl sevenler bunu da sever diyeceğim, zira Matilda ile Charlie'nin Çikolata Fabrikası'nın tatlı bir karışımı gibi bir kitap bu. Ailesinin biraz hoyrat davrandığı 6 yaşındaki küçük kız Gracie, bir gün üzüntüden bir bira içip sarhoş oluyor ve kendisine beliren Bira Perisi ile başka bir diyara gidiyor. O diyarda periyle beraber gezdiği koca fabrikada hem biranın yapım süreçlerini öğreniyor, hem de hayata dair epey faydalı bazı dersler alıp aramıza geri dönüyor.

Kitabın dili çok tatlı ve komik, Robbins'in muzip dilini bu kitapta çok sevdim. Parfümün Dansı'nda sevmediğim didaktiklik burada da var ama burada çalışıyor bence, belki bir çocuk kitabı olduğu için rahatsız etmedi beni. Ama neşeyle öyküsünü anlatırken aralara sıkıştırdığı mesajları çok yerinde buldum - kadınların evlenmek için okullarını bırakmamaları gerektiği, muhafazakar politikacıların topluma neler edebileceği, konumuz her ne kadar bira olsa da içkinin fazlasının ne tür zararlar verebileceği, kız çocuklarının cesur olmaktan korkmaması, kendilerini susturmak isteyenlere karşı dikilmeleri gerektiği gibi gibi.

Sonuçta epey protest ama neşeli bir küçük masal bu kitap. Dili elbette ki basit ve son derece tatlı. Bir yaz günü bir soğuk bira eşliğinde birkaç saatte okunabilecek bir metin ki ben de öyle yaptım ve çok iyi geldi. Bakalım bu sürecin sonunda Robbins ile sulh imzalayabilecek miyim? Göreceğiz.

[Marilena ⚓ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Αν κάποιος εινα αγενής,η μπίρα μπορεί να τον κάνει πιο αγενή.Aν κάποιος ειναι τσαπατσούλης,μπορεί να τον κάνει πιο τσαπατσούλη. Άν κάποιος ειναι κακός,μπορεί να τον κάνει πιο κακό.

Η μπύρα μπορεί να κάνει αδύναμους άντρες να νομίζουν οτι ειναι πανίσχυροι και βρομόστομες γυναίκες να νομίζουν οτι ειναι διασκεδαστικές και κουλ.

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'd forgotten how much I love Tom Robbins. His quirky sense of humor is as refreshing as a cold ...Diet Coke --sorry, I'm not a beer drinker :) But the book is funny--and insightful.

There are some great quotes here. Some of my favorites:

"You know what the game of golf is, don't you? It's basketball for people who can't jump and chess for people who can't think."

"Every time a person goes to the mall, she loses a little piece of her soul."

There's a warning from the Beer Fairy to Gracie:
"When considering beer as a vehicle, one had better bear in mind that it's hardly reliable transportation. It's a very old cart, in fact; a wagon pushed and pulled by forgotten forces, by agricultural spirits, the ancient spirits of grain and the land. It's a wagon, my dear, that can easily swerve and run off the road."

And a little philosophy, as well:
"...It's a vehicle, a neutral, unattached object, kind of like a knife that can be used for peeling turnips in an orphanage or for slicing off a man's ears. Many things in life are like that, including, and perhaps most especially, people's political and religious beliefs--but that's a subject for a much later day. What you need to remember now is that matters are very seldom all black or all white. They can even be both at the same time."

"And did they live happily ever after? No, nobody ever does--at least not totally. But whenever Karla was blindsided by bad days, as most of us are from time to time, she'd make a point of refusing to take them too seriously, and that, dear reader, is the next best thing to everlasting happiness."

[Marina SouKouz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Χαριτωμένο. Έξυπνες ατάκες. Για να περάσεις μία ωρίτσα διαβάζοντας κατι ανάλαφρο και... δροσιστικό, μπύρα αφού. Ο θείος ήταν η αγαπημένη μου μορφή.

[Çağdaş T · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mis gibi Bira eşliğinde mis gibi kitap !

[Lygeri · Rating 3 out of 5]

" Ξέρετε τι είναι το γκολφ, έτσι δεν είναι; Κάτι σα μπάσκετ για τύπους που δε μπορούν να πηδήξουν και σκάκι για τύπους που δε μπορούν να σκεφτούν."

Ένα μικρό ευχάριστο βιβλίο για να περάσετε το απόγευμα σας. Ένα παιδικό - δε θα το έλεγα ιδιαίτερα- βιβλίο για μεγάλους, που περιγράφει υπερβολικά αναλυτικά για το μέσο αναγνώστη - that's me- την παρασκευή της γνωστής σε όλους μας μπύρας!
Ωστόσο έχει πολλά σημεία που πραγματικά σε ξαφνιάζουν και άλλα που σε κάνουν να απορείς για το αν διαβάζεις Ρόμπινς ή Γκέιμαν ( αγαπώ τον Γκέιμαν πολύ περισσότερο από τον Ρόμπινς οπότε αυτό ειναι στα υπέρ).

"Όταν οι πολιτισμένοι άνθρωποι χορεύουν, επανασυνδέονται με την παλαιά, ζωώδη φύση τους. Ο χορός τους θυμίζει ότι δεν είναι μηχανικά πιόνια του σκακιού ή ριζωμένα δέντρα, αλλά ελεύθερα σαρκικά κύματα πιθανότητας..."

[George K. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Βαθμολογία: 7/10

Πέρυσι τον Ιούνιο διάβασα και απόλαυσα το "Villa Incognito", ένα τρελό, παιχνιδιάρικο και απολαυστικό μυθιστόρημα, που μάλλον δεν είναι και από τα πιο δυνατά βιβλία του Ρόμπινς. Το "Μπι όπως Μπίρα" είναι το πλέον αδύναμο βιβλίο του συγγραφέα, αλλά διαβάζεται και αυτό ιδιαίτερα ευχάριστα. Είναι ένα παιδικό βιβλίο για μεγάλους και ένα μεγαλίστικο βιβλίο για μικρούς, το οποίο έχει να κάνει με την μπίρα. Γενικά τίποτα το φοβερό και το τρομερό, όμως ο τρόπος γραφής είναι ιδιαίτερος και με διάφορες προτάσεις εδώ και κει ο συγγραφέας καταφέρνει να αποσπάσει μερικά πονηρά χαμόγελα από τους αναγνώστες. Σίγουρα πέρασα ευχάριστα την ώρα μου και απόλαυσα κάποιες προτάσεις και σκέψεις, αλλά μέχρι εκεί.

[Hamid Babayev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kitabı o qədər baltalayıblar ki, təəccübləndim.
Bu qədər bəyənilməməsi üçün səbəb də görmürəm, açığı.
125 səhifə çoxdu, hə. 30 səhifədə də özət keçmək olardı bu kitaba. Amma bu Tom Robbins'dir. O zəvzək-zəvzək danışacaq, sən də oxuyub güləcəksən, zövq alacaqsan, vaxtın xoş keçəcək. Ara yerdə o söz soxacaq, dərs verəcək, sən də öyrənəcəksən. Bəyənməmək üçün səbəb tapmıram ♥️

[foteini_dl · Rating 3 out of 5]

The main characters fo this book are a 6-year old girl,her uncle and a fairy and...beer!Well,that's quite something.
Tom Robbins has a quirk sense of humor and in a point or two in the beginning there are Woody Allen-esque influences. His use of language is really good,too (not exceptional,but really good).Plus,he is an excellent storyteller and could easily write children's stories.
A light,readable and funny book is what you need when it's 40 degrees out there. And -some kind of-magic.And according to Robbins,beer.Personally,I will pass on the beer thing-not a fan myself.But it would be a blast if he wrote a book named "W for Whiskey" or something like that.

[Jeanette (Ms. Feisty) · Rating 1 out of 5]

D is for Dumb, Desperate, and Disappointing Drivel!
You know a book is really bad when it's only 125 pages long and you can't even get halfway through it.
I gave this one a whirl just to see what ol' Tom Robbins had been doing this past couple of years. Now I know. D is for Drinking too much beer. And it's also for Dead brain cells, of which you will need a lot if you hope to enjoy this pile of Dung.

[Nick Iuppa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not sure this is a book for beer loving grandfathers to read to their young granddaughters, an infomercial for the brewing industry, or a cautionary for newly arriving AA members, or maybe all of the above. But it sure has it's funny moments... just not enough of them. BTW, the audiobook is really well done, and the narrator does a great job of speaking for a little girl, the beer fairy and the entire brewing industry.

[Nate · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a lighthearted treatise on the subject of beer, somehow told through the eyes of a 6 year-old. I laughed and learned quite a bit, and would recommend as a nice palate cleanser between novels.

[Damla Cerrah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Klasik Tom Robbins yazım dili, bolca altı çizilesi cümle, okurken kahkaha atma ve keşke 7473993 sayfa daha olsa diyerek hayıflanma, hepsi bu kitapta mevcut!
Bir sonraki Robbins kitabına dek tadı yine damağımda kalacak...

[Koray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bir bira eşliğinde okunması gereken kısa bir felsefe kitabı. Bazı alıntıları İngilizce'den çevirerek buraya eklemem gerek.
"... Annesi bunun yerine soğuk bir şişe Budweiser birasıyla geri döndü ve minnettar akrabasına uzattı. Gracie'nin şaşkınlığını fark eden akraba, "köpek tüyü"nün, bir önceki akşam aşırı içilen alkollü içeceğin az bir miktarını şifa amacıyla sabah içme alışkanlığını ifade eden bir argo olduğunu açıkladı;

       Dünya harika bir şekilde öngörülemez bir yer canım, düşündüğümüz kadar sınırlı değiliz ve her bulutun gümüş bir başlığı var. Örneğin, ayak doktorum kadın cinsiyetinin kesinlikle muhteşem bir temsilcisi çıktı.

       Moe Amca erken kalkmanın hem sinirlere hem de karaciğere zararlı, sağlıksız bir uygulama olduğuna inanıyordu.

      "Moe Amcam öldüğünde sirke yılan balığı olarak yeniden doğacağını söylüyor."

       Fakat maya onu fermente etmeyi bitirene kadar, şeker yavaş yavaş vahşi ve çılgın bir şeye, alkol denen o hileli, başıboş, karizmatik kimyasala dönüşecektir.

       "Yalnız değilsin evlat, yalnız değilsin. Medeni insanlar dans ettiğinde eski hayvani doğalarıyla yeniden bağlantı kurarlar. Bu onlara mekanik satranç taşları veya kök salmış ağaçlar olmadıklarını, olasılıkların serbestçe akan et dalgaları olduklarını hatırlatır."

        "Yaşlandıkça -ve bunu doğum gününde hatırlaman güzel bir şey Gracie- Gizem'le bağ kurmak daha da zorlaşır. Yine de yetişkinler hâlâ o bağlantıya, erkeklerin kendileri için inşa ettikleri ve kendilerini bir zindan gibi kilitli hissettikleri tatmin edici olmayan gerçekliğe alternatif olan o bağlantıya susarlar.

         "Bu yüzden, hapishane duvarlarının dışında bir iki nefes bile alabilmelerini sağlayabilecek her türlü şeye başvururlar -birkaç aydınlanmış, çoğu yıkıcı, çoğu etkisiz, bazıları da düpedüz aptalca. Bir bakıma, biranın cazibesini açıklıyor bu."

        (Birisi size "tuhaf" veya "kaçık" derse, size gizlice aşık olma ihtimalini göz önünde bulundurmalısınız.)

       "Sıradan dünya, gerçek dünyanın, daha derin dünyanın üzerindeki köpükten ibarettir ve bir gün sen ve ben tekrar buluşacağız."

[Aylin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sevimli bir kitap. Zorluklarla karsilasinca tam da olmasi gerektigi yerde olan, vermesi gereken destegi veren, soylemesi gereken seyleri soyleyen Moe amca, Bira Perisi'nden daha masalsi bir karakter olmus. Her cocugun hayatinda, arkasini toplayacak, onu cocukluk donemi travmalarindan koruyacak bir Moe amcasi ve dogru oldugunu dusundugu seylerin pesinden gitmesi icin onu yureklendirecek bir Bira Perisi olmasi dilegiyle.

[Yanper · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ένα διασκεδαστικό παραμύθι για μικρούς και μεγάλους δοσμένο με το ιδιαίτερο χιούμορ του Tom Robbins που μάλλον είναι δύσκολο να γίνει αντιληπτό από τους μικρούς.

[Cindy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tom Robbins is still a genius!!! The only problem with this book is in keeping with the statement on the cover (A children's book for grown-ups, a grown up book for children) it is far too short. On the satisfaction meter though, it is right up there with a cold brew on a hot afternoon, after all the chores are done. Just sit back and say "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

If you haven't already bought it, and even if you have, Powells is offering signed editions, and since it is unlikely Tom is going to tour far, you might order today! I did!!

[Elizabeth Vanderesch · Rating 3 out of 5]

B is for Beer is a fairy tale about beer, two things I have great fondness for. I love the idea of fairies and magic and happily ever afters. I also love beer. That said, this book was a win-win for this reader. Yes, the humor is a forced clever in a Lake Wobegon, NPR sort of way, but that shouldn't be an issue if you are choosing to read a book called B is for Beer whose main characters are a 6 year old girl, her philosopher uncle and the Beer Fairy.

[Bülent Ö. · Rating 3 out of 5]

İçinde güzel tespitler bulunan, biraya öcü gibi bakmak yerine onu tanımamızı sağlayan güzel bir kitap.

Ne öven ne yeren bir hikaye. İçip içmemek, her özgür birey gibi size kalmış. Bira, diğer bir çok şey gibi kötü insanların elinde kötü bir şeye dönüşüp iyi insanların elinde sadece bir içecek olarak kalıyor.

Lakin hikaye ve dil bakımından çok etkileyici değil. Yine de Tom Robbins'in en kötü hikayesi birçoklarının en iyisinden evladır.

[Alexander Stamelos · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ήταν ένα βράδυ με ολόγιομο φεγγάρι (μπορεί και όχι) και ο Tom Robbins είχε κατεβάσει κάμποσες μπύρες (αρκετές ώστε να μπορεί να γράψει αλλά πολλές ώστε να μην μπορεί να θυμάται τι έχει γράψει).
Όταν έγραψε την ιστορία του, την έστειλε στον εκδότη του ο οποίος ήταν και αυτός στην ίδια κατάσταση με τον Tom. Βρήκε την ιστορία εξαιρετική και αποφάσισε να την εκδόσει χωρίς πολλές σκέψεις.
Το αποτέλεσμα είναι αυτό το βιβλίο !
Δροσερό και χαρούμενο με γλυκό παιδικό τέλος !

[Laziora · Rating 5 out of 5]

Check - https://www.beasty-press.com/tom-robb...
Οι ωμές και κάπως σοκαριστικές εκφράσεις του συγγραφέα πάντως, θυμίζουν παιδικές σκέψεις. Συνεχείς γελοίες παρομοιάσεις και ειλικρίνεια που, ουσιαστικά, μας ταρακουνά ενώ θίγει καθημερινούς προβληματισμούς. Τον διακατέχει μια σαρδόνια ειρωνεία, την οποία φαίνεται πως είναι αδύνατο να την αποβάλλει.

[Gamze Kaplandere Taşlı · Rating 5 out of 5]

Çok keyifli bir kitaptı. Hem öğretiyor, hem eğlendiriyor. Adında bira geçen bir kitabın çocuk kitabı olması insana garip gelse de okudukça "çocuklar için yetişkin kitabı, yetişkinler için çocuk kitabı” cümlesini anlıyorsunuz. Sade bir anlatım ve yer yer yapılan komikliklerle bilgilendirici ve neşeli bir kitap olmuş.

[Νικολέττα · Rating 5 out of 5]

Το λάτρεψα!
Γέλασα, ξανά γέλασα και πραγματικά μου έφτιαξε το κέφι σαν να είχα πιεί κι εγώ λίγο παραπάνω μπυριτσα!
Περνάει ωραία μηνύματα και δίνει ενδιαφέρουσες υπαρκτές και μη πληροφορίες για το υγρό ψωμί.

[Effie · Rating 3 out of 5]

B.R.A.CE. 2017 'Ενα παιδικό βιβλίο

[Gulnar Ismayil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Böyüklər üçün uşaq kitabı və
Amerikan ingiliscəsinin bütün performansını sərgiləyən yazıcı :)

[Sevil Gezer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yazarı çok seviyorum. Aktivist ve eğlenceli bir dili var. Bu kitap da çocuk kitabı ama değil :)