yet another must-read

[realthog]

To those who're still upset about the frogs, a welcome retreat into the balmy territory of high literature. Thanks to the BBC's Newsnight for alerting me to this latest tour de force:

And then some very sticky moments. Wetlands is a first novel which has sold half a million copies since its publication in Germany. Written by the High Wycombe-born star of German TV Charlotte Roche, and now out in English, it is a voyage around her 18-year-old character's private parts. Throughout the story Helen prods, pokes, smells and inserts implements into her nether regions in her hospital room where she is recovering from a serious accident after shaving around her haemorrhoids. Is it porn, or a feminist tract?

IMPORTANT UPDATE: As he notes in the comments, fledgist has found a short translated passage from this masterpiece online. This is far too significant a discovery to be buried among the comments -- hence this update. Thanks, F!

Comments

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

Miasma.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Your asma is everybody's asma, S.T., but perhaps you could explain a little more?

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

The word says it all.

Hemorrhoid shavers . . . I can now die.

Have you ever wondered why the words "hemorrhoid" and "diarrhea" are spelled with two Rs? And why is it that both words have something to do with the rectum?