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31 August 2006

Once there was a redheaded man without eyes and without ears. He had no hair either, so that he was a redhead was just something they said. He could not speak, for he had no mouth. He had no nose either. He didn't even have arms or legs. He had no stomach either, and he had no back, and he had no spine, and no intestines of any kind. He didn't have anything at all. So it is hard to understand whom we are really talking about. So it is probably best not to talk about him any more.

post by: Daniel Charms at: 03:15 | 17 comments

Warning: last two links are in Russian.

posted by Daniel Charms 31 August | 03:17

Very nice! Is this you? And if so... where is the rest of that story?

posted by taz 31 August | 03:49

where is the rest of that story?

Go back to the beginning and start again.

posted by Daniel Charms 31 August | 03:59

Thanks for all these links Daniel: fascinating stuff. I do like the Four Illustrations of How a New Idea Disconcerts a Man Unprepared for It.

posted by misteraitch 31 August | 04:06

DC: would it be OK to cross-post this at the ‘big stupid blue place’? I noticed you mention the other day you don’t have an account there.

posted by misteraitch 31 August | 04:09

misteraitch: sure, no problem.

posted by Daniel Charms 31 August | 04:19

Go back to the beginning and start again.

:)

posted by taz 31 August | 04:26

Wow, thanks for the amazing post! misteraitch is right - this should be on the blue. Are there any of the Russian links that have been translated into English? That's the only bone of contention that I can see anyone having with this.
I'm going to definitely forward this to a friend of mine who's taking her Ph.D in Russian... she'll love it.

posted by Zack_Replica 31 August | 04:40

Are there any of the Russian links that have been translated into English?

I tried my best not to include any links in this post that would require translation, but decided that these two should be there for completeness' sake. The second to last one is simply a gallery of photos and drawings (click the links next to the photo). The last link goes to the best (to my knowledge) collection of articles and essays on Kharms' works. Unfortunately, it's all in Russian, but I was hoping someone might find it useful or interesting.

posted by Daniel Charms 31 August | 04:56

I thought so, about the Russian-only pages. It's interesting as it seems to add (for me) to the story and the mystery behind the red-headed man rather than detract from it.

posted by Zack_Replica 31 August | 05:05

Daniel, in my opinion, you're the shit!

‘big stupid blue place’

- Oh how I laughed....

posted by iconomy 31 August | 05:38

Daniel, in my opinion, you're the shit!

*collapses to the floor and is carried away*

posted by Daniel Charms 31 August | 05:40

Lots of stories in English. Новый Талантливый is an old favorite of mine.

posted by Wolfdog 31 August | 06:07

Wolfdog: The stories and other materials in the lib.ru collection can all be found under the second or third link (as far as I can tell), which is probably why I left it out :7 And the Geocities page also has translations to other languages as well. In any case, thanks for the link.

posted by Daniel Charms 31 August | 07:04

Well they sure can't be found there when the site's hosed.

posted by Wolfdog 31 August | 07:21

This is me banging my head against the wall:
≡ Click to see image ≡

Poor little site...

posted by Daniel Charms 31 August | 07:33

Thanks so much, DC. I had never heard of this artist before - really interesting stuff!

I liked Losses quite a bit.

posted by Miko 31 August | 09:47

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