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Airplane is a collection of what Yourgrau's promoters call "flash fiction." It consists entirely of one-page snippets that present a scene or story for the reader...
...precisely the premise that under-writes two important new books on architecture and garden design: Vincent Scully's Architecture: The Natural and the Manmade, and a collection of essays edited by Monique Mosser and Georges Teyssot entitled The Architecture of Western Gardens. Both present a formidable facade to the reader. They presume an acquaintance with the vocabulary of the study of architecture (or at least the willingness to acquire one), and are quite expensive, even for "art books" ($40.00 and $135.00 respectively...
...dream every night--sometimes incoherent, usually inexplicable and always random. Most importantly, these stories are extremely interesting and incredibly fun to read. These attributes do not insinuate in any way that the pages of this book are profound, but they are so diverse that they surely connect with the reader at some point in the novel...
Yourgrau did not intend to make A man Jumps Out of an Airplane profound or give answers to "modern problems." Instead, the book provides a release from the real world by plunging the reader into a world where anything can--and does--happen...
Even more appealing about the book is the freedom that Yourgrau's style allows the reader. Its division into small frames lets the reader pick up the book and enjoy a brief escape into the imaginary world of the book--however long that moment...