[lit-ideas] Re: Moby Dick and America
- From: "Paul Stone" <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:11:22 -0500
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>Sounds like an interesting novel - has anyone done it (i.e., told the
>>> story of _Moby Dick_ through Ahab's perspective)?
>
> Not to my knowledge. However, John Gardner's _Grendel_ is a superb retelling
> of Beowulf from the monster's point of view.
>
> I've considered writing the story of Jephthah's daughter from her point of
> view. It's somewhere in my possible-project notes.
I'm going to re-write Ulysses from the point of view of [Stately
Plump] Buck Mulligan and turn it into a sex book written under the nom
de plume of Doofus Pizzatush. It will consist of 18 chapters that are
nothing but "yes I said yes I will Yes"s with occasional visits to an
awesome fugue/oyster bar where pretentious lap-toppers are banned and
"sandymount green" is actually a position. I'll show Virag what's
under ole cissy caffery's bloomers and other well-kept secrets. I'll
depict Gerty displaying her own little... ah, never mind.
no I said no I won't No
DP
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