Trivia part III

[Gerard K H Love]

getting laid.

 

[Ponder]

religion.

 

[Stavrogin]

Shame on the both you, no.

 

[Black Swan]

death

 

[Stavrogin]

You're venturing close to the answer, Swan.

 

[Black Swan]

suicide

 

[roni]

anxiety / fear.

 

[Stavrogin]

No and no. Here's a hint: Sunlight will show you the way or you can hear it through the Grapevine.

 

[Black Swan]

Drinking the fruit of the grapevine, to death, in a room where the window is covered by an oiled tablecloth to block the sunshine from coming in. ;)

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Suffering or drinking to block out the pain of suffering.

 

[d gray]

truth/reality

 

[Stavrogin]

Drinking the fruit of the grapevine, to death, in a room where the window is covered by an oiled tablecloth to block the sunshine from coming in. ;)

Ha! Based on the hint this is clearly the best answer but sadly not the right one.

Suffering or drinking to block out the pain of suffering.

Soon to be Lolita's central theme if she keeps selling shit on ebay.

truth/reality

You can find reality in the answer though some would prefer not to.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

fear of death.

or is that just me?

 

[Stavrogin]

Are you trying to answer the question? Or are you opening up to us? This is a trivia thread, hooch, not some I'm vulnerable tear-stained emo thread.

 

[Black Swan]

How about "living on luck".

 

[Black Swan]

Himself.

 

[Bukfan]

No and no. Here's a hint: Sunlight will show you the way or you can hear it through the Grapevine.

Sunlight, as in "Sunlight here I am" ?

 

[Stavrogin]

Yes, Bukfan.

 

[Bukfan]

Thanks, Stavrogin! All we gotta do now, is to read the book. That should'nt take more than a few hours. :D

I think Buk mentioned something about describing the life of the blue collar workers. Is that it?

 

[Stavrogin]

No, that's not it. Listen to the Grapevine.

 

[Black Swan]

Life!

 

[hoochmonkey9]

last time I try to appear human.

you heartless bastards.

 

[Stavrogin]

You got it, Swan! "Interview: Charles Bukowski," Douglas Howard, Grapevine. Collected in Sunlight Here I Am.
GV: Do you have a central theme in your fiction?
B: Life, with a small "l."

Back to you, Swan.

Poor, hooch, here you go: https://bukowskiforum.com/showthread.php?7326-Most-Hideous-Day-I-ve-Had

 

[Black Swan]

This is the question,
Someone once asked Bukowski, if he were to give a writing course, what would he have his students do?
What was his answer?

 

[d gray]

go on a fake "10 year drunk"? :D

 

[Black Swan]

nope!
I remember him saying that drinking yourself silly wouldn't make someone a good writer.
Although, a fake ten year drunk would not exclude the right answer.
Try again.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Don't try...don't try to be someone else.

 

[Black Swan]

well, he'd probably say that too, but I am looking for a specific answer.

 

[Mark73]

Was his answer:"Forget about your writing class, get on your writing ass." ?

 

[Bukfan]

Something about go play the horses?