The prose of Chuck Palahniuk is distinguished by its original artistic style. A vivid example is the novel "Ghosts". In addition to the main storyline, this work includes a kind of confession of the heroes. Their peculiarity is a provocative style, thanks to which in 2005 Palanik was named the most original author. "Guts" is one of the stories included in the novel.
Ghosts
A non-standard plot and a rather crude manner of writing are the features that Palanik endowed with his novel. "Guts", the description of which is presented below, is a story-confession of one of the characters. But before proceeding with the presentation of this small, but unusual, and even somewhat shocking work, it is worth briefly setting forth the content of the novel “Ghosts”.
This work is about a group of seventeen people. Each participant accepts a tempting offer at first glance: he must spend three months in complete isolation, and during this time create an unsurpassed masterpiece. To what extent this plan is being implemented is not so important. Each of the characters in the novel writes a story from his previous life. It is the content of these short stories that created the author a reputation as the most original writer.
What is one of the shocking stories Palanik created about?
Guts: Summary
This story is the first in the book Ghosts. It is dedicated to teen masturbation. The author of this confession talks about what happened to him at the age of thirteen, and completely changed his life. Creating the story of a man who was once an extremely vicious teenager, he resorts to an extremely detailed description of Palahniuk. “Guts” is a small composition, the name of which is directly related to the incident, which not only influenced the fate of the teenager, but also changed his lifestyle.
It is not easy to retell the works that Palanik creates. “Guts” is perhaps the most difficult story to read. Its author once invented an extremely original way to achieve orgasm. It consisted of a series of actions that should be carried out at the bottom of the pool. But the design of the artificial reservoir is such that it is unsafe to be in it, moreover, not far from the filter with a pump for pumping water. Neglected by this rule is the hero of the story, which was written by the most amazing modern writer Chuck Palahniuk.
"Guts" is a work that not everyone can read. After all, it refers to a terrible incident, the consequences of which are described to the smallest detail.
Six inches
As a result of the accident, the teenager lost most of the rectum. While the hero of this strange story is fighting the pump, he does not forget about his parents. What if they come home ahead of time and see their son, not only in an injured state, but also in a position that clearly indicates vicious addictions?
Parents have solved the secrets of the son or not. Because now in their family there are problems and more terrible. The money that was set aside for college had to be spent on a complex operation, after which the teenager’s rectum is only six inches.
Another life
The hero of the story did not receive a football scholarship and did not become a master. He is often told that he is too thin. From the age of thirteen, he did not gain a foot. When he is invited to dinner, he refuses the roast, because his intestines are not able to digest such dishes.
After the unfortunate was taken to the hospital, his father called the plumber. The pool was taken apart. Father stubbornly repeated that everything happened because of the dog. The dog allegedly was left unattended, fell into the pool, after which his body fell into the pump. Even after the plumber removed a part of his son’s internal organ from the filter, his father was still stubbornly broadcasting about the dog, which should have been better watched.
One of the strangest and most terrible stories written by Chuck Palahniuk is dedicated to this amazing story.
"Guts": description, features
There is no need to talk about the fact that Palanic prose is not for everyone. His style, which is characterized by naturalistic details, shock the unprepared reader.
The story in question in this article does not begin with a description of the sentimental adventure in the pool. It is preceded by two short stories from the life of friends of the author of a tragic confession. Of course, these memories are also associated with the desire to satisfy lustful desires. True, friends were more fortunate. None of them lost either the rectum or part of another organ. They lead a full-fledged lifestyle. They do not have to give up meat dishes, and they are quite successfully gaining weight. Here are just "invisible carrots" from time to time robs them of peace of mind. What exactly bothers them can be found out only by reading the full contents of the story “Guts”.