Péter Esterházy’s short novel “Tizenhét hattyúk” (Seventeen Swans) is sort of this taken to the extreme. It is about the bleak life and sexual adventures of a frequently abused orphaned young woman who is working as a janitor, and it is written entirely in 17th century ecclesiastical Hungarian, often resulting in hysterical laughs. It is doubtful, however, whether the anglophone public will gain access to it in the reasonable future.
Péter Esterházy’s short novel “Tizenhét hattyúk” (Seventeen Swans) is sort of this taken to the extreme. It is about the bleak life and sexual adventures of a frequently abused orphaned young woman who is working as a janitor, and it is written entirely in 17th century ecclesiastical Hungarian, often resulting in hysterical laughs. It is doubtful, however, whether the anglophone public will gain access to it in the reasonable future.
The tone of this comment is incredibly funny.
That strikes me as similar to Charlie Chaplain’s character “The Tramp” eating his shoe.