Watermelon Sugar

Watermelon Sugar

is an American postmodern post-apocalyptic novel ("In Watermellon Sugar") by Richard Brautigan written in 1964 and published in 1968. It was extremely popular.
Set in the aftermath of a fallen civilization, it focuses on a commune organized around a central gathering house which is named "iDEATH". In this environment, many things are made of watermelon sugar - but the inhabitants also use pine wood and stone for building material and fuel made from trout oil.

In IDEATH many things are made of Watermelon sugar.
Why? Why Watermelon Sugar?
I guess you need to spend some time there?

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