Tonight I’m playing the literary detective, trying to figure out the answers to this. My favorite questions would be:
Whose blush could heat bath water?
Which large fruit squashed two women?
Whose amputated leg was returned in a brown-paper parcel?
Which novel opens with seasick passengers singing for a showbiz evangelist?
And, saving the best for last:
Which light-fingered lesbian was imprisoned in a lunatic asylum?
Anyone up for this lit-quiz? Any suggestions are, of course, welcome.
9 responses so far ↓
me // August 28, 2008 at 2:54 pm
I know all the above… could do with help on a couple of the others if you fancy swapping
pynchonette // August 28, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Yeah, I know all the above, too. Or so I think. Is the “amputated leg” really from a Boell novel? So I’ve heard, haven’t read that book myself, though I minored in German lit. Anyway, I’m still puzzled about the following: Trains 1 & 4, Madhouses 2, Bodily Oddities 5, Criminals 5. What shall we swap?
me // August 28, 2008 at 9:00 pm
lets start with bodily oddities 5 – Julius Gorner – in “Devil May Care” by Sebastian Faulks
Aeroplanes 1 would be nice to know, thanking you muchly
What do you wanna swap next lol
pynchonette // August 29, 2008 at 12:30 pm
Not completely sure about aeroplanes 1 – still need to check that. It’s a rather obscure poem, couldn’t find it online, but I’ll browse through a copy of the guy’s collected poems later today. If my intuition proves correct, I’ll write a separate post about it
pynchonette // August 29, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Mystery solved. Read new post
me // August 30, 2008 at 10:28 pm
i think you are 100% correct
What others do you need help with?
pynchonette // August 31, 2008 at 8:15 am
Trains 4 & Criminals 5 would be much appreciated
me // August 31, 2008 at 11:04 am
I believe Criminals #5 to be ‘A Doll’s House’ (Ibsen)
I still need to get Madhouses #2 – then I am completed, I think…..
Have you managed to find the answers you needed to the questions in your initial post yet?
pynchonette // August 31, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Trains 4 and I’m done, I guess…Did you figure that out?
I believe Madhouses 2 is “Dark House” in Sylvia Plath’s “Poem for a Birthday” sequence. Dark house, cellars, tunnels, references to the madness of the speaker etc. What do you think?