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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, [livejournal.com profile] 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!

Date: 2009-01-24 12:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fledgist.livejournal.com
A quick google finds this link: http://jezebel.com/5014051/somebodys-getting-their-lands-wet

It's going to be a bit difficult for me to eat cauliflower for the next week or so. That's all I'll say.

Date: 2009-01-24 01:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com

Excellent, Holmes! I've amended the main entry with this additional info.

Date: 2009-01-24 01:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fledgist.livejournal.com
I suspect you'll be avoiding cauliflower too, Watson.

Date: 2009-01-24 02:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com

Oh, I dunno. Something of a conversation-starter at dinner parties, doncha think?

Date: 2009-01-24 02:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fledgist.livejournal.com
Perhaps, especially the bit about hazelnut-sized amounts of lotion and pink starfish.

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