Category Archives: literature
Norris: McTeague
friendly petit-bourgeois nitwits turn foes, are handcuffed, moral-realism throttles both. rewritten by Will Espositio.
Achebe: Things Fall Apart
Europeans occupy unassuming Umofia. Protagonist Okonkwo resists to his demise. rewritten by Emmanuel Sigauke.
Mann: Death in Venice
Man loves Polish boy, betrays Devil, dies lonesome, joyful death. rewritten by Josh Heerter.
Hugo: Les Misérables
Former convict finds God, plays God, cop jumps in river. rewritten by Rachel Sutcliffe
Moore – The Watchmen
Rorschach investigates Comedian’s death. Turns out Veidt did it. Hrmm. rewritten by Rob Daviau
Krakauer: Into the Wild
Reads Thoreau but not Heidegger, resigns life, unprovided, in Ak. rewritten by Will Esposito.
Dostoyevsky: The Brothers Karamazov
Man creates sons, sons destroy father, the rest eat pancakes. rewritten by Chris LaPorte.
Sophocles: Antigone
sister disobediently sprinkles earth on deceased brother, shrieks, miserably vivisepultured. rewritten by Melissa Cannata
Dante: The Inferno
Dante and Virgil go to Hell and climb out happy. rewritten by Doug Anderson.
Kubrick/Clarke: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Evolution culminates in Heuristic/Algorithmic sabotage, reborn as star children. rewritten by Ben Gagnon.