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Date Posted: 17:27:32 05/26/01 Sat
Author: tim
Subject: new quote

Oskar had a whole minute in which to study the moon with impunity, to look for a solution among the craters, to reconsider his idea of stepping into Christ's shoes. This green light talk was not to my liking, and I was certainly not going to let any half baked hoodlums put me on a schedule. I waited about thirty seconds; then Oskar said: "I am Jesus."
What happened next was quite good, though I can't say that I planned it. Immediately after my second announcement that I was Jesus, before St�rtebeker could snap his fingers or Firestealer could dust, the air raid sirens let loose.

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[> Philip Pullman? with the fanasy - religion stuff. I've never read any of his stuff, so I don't kow if the style's similar -- luke, 10:31:19 05/27/01 Sun

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[> Christopher Reich, The Runner? -- maggie, 14:07:58 05/27/01 Sun

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[> sorry people... this will actually be quite tricky now that I think about it. I may have to give you a bit of a hint... if you want! -- tim, 15:07:57 05/27/01 Sun

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[> Martin Amis? "impunity" I don't understand whether the narrator is Oskar or if both of them are claiming to be Jesus. -- luke, 10:39:25 05/28/01 Mon

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[> Oskar, Jesus and the narrator are all the same... and to give you a big hint this book was not written in english originally. -- tim, 12:58:13 05/28/01 Mon

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[> is it a german world war writer? -- zeina, 17:36:12 05/28/01 Mon

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[> nope, the writer is german, but he is a post-war writer -- tim, 14:27:00 05/29/01 Tue

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[> [> . -- ., 21:04:58 06/03/01 Sun

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[> at first i was thinking it might just be a kurt vonnegut that i hadn't read (which was a worrying thought) - but after your generous clues, and some faint, more-than-a-decade-old memories, i think this has to be 'the tin drum' by guenter grass? -- si, 20:46:49 06/03/01 Sun

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[> [> It is indeed! good call! I loved that book, but it is a bit of a hard one to guess as its originally german... but it did win the nobel prize! Did you like it... if you remember? -- tim, 19:48:00 06/08/01 Fri

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[> [> [> technically speaking, authors rather than their individual books win the nobel... i seem to recall quite liking it, but finding it a bit heavy going in places... i preferred 'the flounder', which i think at one point was in the school library. probably still is now, unless i accidentally stole it. i shall prepare a new quote... -- si, 20:33:42 06/11/01 Mon

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