Tribe.net. Local Connections Canela, too hot for you http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#a7b0d4ad-24a3-4b27-bbe3-7eb6476f76a8 2009-10-02T17:01:11Z 2009-10-02T17:01:11Z

"Waiting for Godot"? ; )

Canela, too hot for you 2009-10-02T17:01:11Z Max http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#48985b74-51ee-4814-8048-02df87e36d28 2008-04-28T11:30:47Z 2008-04-28T11:30:47Z

this is a cheat but my old fav slaughterhouse 5. think about it.

Max 2008-04-28T11:30:47Z Rockstar http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#cb9cffab-02d8-4ff6-9813-92754cbf7b14 2008-02-15T08:03:03Z 2008-02-15T08:03:03Z

Most of PG Wodehouse's Jeeves novels leave Bertie exactly as before, if a bit shaken by a close brush with marriage and light a few bob as reward to his quick-witted butler.

Rockstar 2008-02-15T08:03:03Z John http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#4ed837f9-8583-4e1c-a64f-d97cc00ddf07 2008-02-14T06:42:40Z 2008-02-14T06:42:40Z

I have heard Finnigans Wake does just that and looking at just the last and first page it seems it could be true.

John 2008-02-14T06:42:40Z Chili http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#8f5230d3-4146-4e0d-96bd-d2dcd13b05ac 2008-02-13T16:08:16Z 2008-02-13T16:08:16Z

there is a chapter in Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter - with the tortoise and the hare - that illustrates this brilliantly....they end up where they started, though change happens within. somehow there is a Cormac McCarthy book that seems to feel this way too, though MUCH happens cover to cover - The Sunset Limited - I think it is called.

Chili 2008-02-13T16:08:16Z gidouille http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#cc43e9de-23c7-4dba-b42b-abbe0c3b4c88 2008-02-13T09:00:51Z 2008-02-13T09:00:51Z

For all the characters, probably not, but in terms of plot it's practically a leitmotif of Raymond Queneau's work. Several of his novels, Witchgrass, The Sunday of Life, Pierrot Mon Ami, etc. end up pretty much where they began, and one is hardpressed to explain what they're about exactly, or even what occurred between the covers.

gidouille 2008-02-13T09:00:51Z JM http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#3e0d94c5-aad3-4c1a-b9a9-c46ab27089d9 2008-02-13T07:51:56Z 2008-02-13T07:51:56Z

Can anyone think of a book that ends exactly where it began for all the characters?

JM 2008-02-13T07:51:56Z