The Pooh Perplex

[katanianQ]

I just came across this while hiding in the library like that kid out of neverending story and think it might save my life.

What say you good folk? Anybody read it?

[katanianQ]

here's a tantalizing snippet anyhow..

"A precis of any chapter might cause us to wonder whether the book has any appeal whatsoever: a toy bear and a toy pig follow their own tracks around a tree until they are told by a small boy that this is pointless, and all retire for lunch. It is clear, I think, that Pooh must address us on an essentially subliminal level- that it must achieve its effects through sly manipulations and secret implications, not through what it directly narrates. That Bunker and the others did not perceive this is, I must say, a fact that might almost lead us to question their professional competence, were we not so grateful for their pioneering work."

Hilarious!

[Spritely]

Just reserved it at the library. Thanks.

Should be a more productive use of my time than seeing everyone else on here get into the schools I applied to.

[Minnesotan]

There's also Postmodern Pooh, by the same author. It was written in 2003, so is a bit more current.

[katanianQ]

Yeah I'm going to Borders for that little book today.. Spritely, let us know what you think!