The Education of Robert Nifkin

By Daniel Pinkwater

Book Overview

The Education of Robert Nifkin is the education of a beatnik. Set in 1950s Chicago and conveyed in the form of a college essay, Robert Nifkin details his journey from a mind-numbing high school that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374319693
• ISBN13: 9780374319694
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.8" x 5.8"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Just... good

Every child should have to read this book at least once. Every adult should read it twice.

not your normal pink water book

this is more adult than any of his others works of art. but none the less it was a good readbasically it is a high schoolers life. and a kid having to deal with his parents and theres not much more to say

I suppose I should wait until my head stops swimming...

I finished reading this book not but half an hour ago, and it's one of the most amazing things i've ever read. Pinkwater at his very best, but a great deal more than that -- invites favorable comparison the the works of Saki and the early Vonnegut. A witty, astute, hedonistic critique of American culture and education. Buy it right now.

DMAN HE'S GOOD!

This is a must read for everyone even if they have never been to high school yet...ESPECIALLY if they have never been to high school yet. Daniel is a Mad Genius and I seriously reccomend this book.No matter what else may be said about him...this man does know his craft.If you read Pinkwater before then this is for you. if not then start with Lizard Music and read every book he has written until your eyes bug out and your head spins. Then pick this up and read it.

This book cures acne!

Oh, I must swoon.I just finished "The Education of Robert Nifkin," and it was bliss.Having occasionally lived in Chicago and having occasionally written college application essays during my youth, I find that this book leaves me feeling more myself. How can this be?What's odder yet, I suspect that anyone who reads Mr. Pinkwater's latest, brilliant book will have the same feeling. There will be some part of the education of Robert Nifkin that was also a part of your education, and remembering that will educate you anew.Beautiful.