/lit/ - Literature

>>23423299
This.

>read it twice
No

>>20694259
Severian was reflecting on the odd nature of bravery in that scene. He says there are people who are cowards if they know they have to do something in advance but can do courageous things if the situation happens immediately. Gurloes struggled with getting erections when he knew he had to sexually abuse a prisoner in advance. Which is why he had the phallus and the powder. Severian remembers that there was a time when Gurloes had to suddenly sexually abuse a client, if memory serves it was because the client was dying sooner than expected, so he had to act suddenly. So in that situation he was actually able to get an erection and rape the prisoner. Severian was reflecting on this because he just bravely fought the ape men and began to break down, which to him seemed funny in an odd sort of way because the danger was over.

>>20518637
I think he'll be okay.

Severian and some girl are in a glass botanical library funhouse building looking for a flower because our hero was challenged to a duel (why? idk). They enter a door that disappears and find themselves in a jungle. What is going on? Why are time and space acting strangely? Who and what is the Autarch? What exactly is the house absolute? Should I just carry on and all will be revealed or am I retarded?

>>19323620

i dont get it