http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#a7b0d4ad-24a3-4b27-bbe3-7eb6476f76a8 "Waiting for Godot"? ; ) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:01:11 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#a7b0d4ad-24a3-4b27-bbe3-7eb6476f76a8 Canela, too hot for you 2009-10-02T17:01:11Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#48985b74-51ee-4814-8048-02df87e36d28 this is a cheat but my old fav slaughterhouse 5. think about it. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:30:47 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#48985b74-51ee-4814-8048-02df87e36d28 Max 2008-04-28T11:30:47Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#cb9cffab-02d8-4ff6-9813-92754cbf7b14 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. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:03:03 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#cb9cffab-02d8-4ff6-9813-92754cbf7b14 Rockstar 2008-02-15T08:03:03Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#4ed837f9-8583-4e1c-a64f-d97cc00ddf07 I have heard Finnigans Wake does just that and looking at just the last and first page it seems it could be true. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:42:40 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#4ed837f9-8583-4e1c-a64f-d97cc00ddf07 John 2008-02-14T06:42:40Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#8f5230d3-4146-4e0d-96bd-d2dcd13b05ac 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. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:08:16 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#8f5230d3-4146-4e0d-96bd-d2dcd13b05ac Chili 2008-02-13T16:08:16Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#cc43e9de-23c7-4dba-b42b-abbe0c3b4c88 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. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:00:51 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#cc43e9de-23c7-4dba-b42b-abbe0c3b4c88 gidouille 2008-02-13T09:00:51Z http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#3e0d94c5-aad3-4c1a-b9a9-c46ab27089d9 Can anyone think of a book that ends exactly where it began for all the characters? Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:51:56 GMT http://literacynerds.tribe.net/thread/a1b509ac-223f-4db5-b138-93d4c6a1eb32#3e0d94c5-aad3-4c1a-b9a9-c46ab27089d9 JM 2008-02-13T07:51:56Z