Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 04:55:58 -0500 (EST)
From: 00acking-AT-bsuvc.bsu.edu
Subject: Re: shit, piss, blood


To Void, a parody of Sartre's Being and Nothingness, but also with Soyinka
life grows from decay, decadence. the old. One of themes of the Ibadan
group, about how Africa differs from the West and supposedly an insight of
Ulli Bier.

But while on this delightful topic how about Naipaul's An Area of
Darkness? With the lovely parody of Churchill? I can see this is going to
be a fecund topic. Bruce King



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On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Robert Davies wrote:

> 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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