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Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books Retold Through Twitter
by Alexander Aciman, Emmett Rensin
This book may be a bit uneven, but overall it's pretty darn entertaining, and I think I'm half mad at myself I didn't think of the idea first. So you have a selection of classic lit (and some popular lit) transformed into a short barrage of tweets from the heroes (or heroines) of the stories, and obviously some characters are better fits for this than others. Holden Caulfield, with his need to make connections in spite of his increasing disgust with the world around him is a perfect "Twit"---while the Jane Eyre tweets ring false for the character and just generally off-color and unfunny. The book is at its most entertaining when it stays truest to Twitter speak and tweet styles (like this shout-out from the protagonist of The DaVinci Code: "Taking a breather to solve some puzzles. 'A Pope', anybody? There's so many! Mad props if anyone can solve it.") or even better, this faux Tweet from Paradise Lost's the Devil himself: "Anyone heard anything about Earth? Good? Bad? Will be there tonight bringing the MOTHAFUCKIN' RUCKUS. If anyone wants in, txt it." And in this vein, the Twitter handles for the characters are-more often than not-pretty clever and amusing on their own: (Emma Bovary=@TheRealDesperateHousewife, Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein=@NotoriousDOC and so on).
A little frivolous, sure--but it's a breeze to read, and good for a few laughs.
A little frivolous, sure--but it's a breeze to read, and good for a few laughs.