Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 23:30:59 -0600
From: Robert Davies <Daviesro-AT-meena.cc.uregina.ca>
Subject: Re: shit, piss, blood


Arindam,

You have chosen a research topic that would not have occurred to me. As I
recall, there is a character in Wole Soyinka's The Interpreters for whom
defecation is a religious experience. Good luck.

Bob 

At 10:17 PM 06/04/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Arindam,
>
>When you mention shit, I think of Armah's novel The Beautyful Ones Are Not
>Yet Born.  Images of excrement on the bannisters still linger with me (just
>recently I suggested the book to someone and he too said that part of the
>book was unforgettable).  There's another story that takes place in an
>outhouse--can't think of it right now...But hope to.  
>
>David Rathbun
>St. Paul MN
>
>
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