another view on P's existence..

[James Cappio]

Interesting suggestion, but I doubt it can apply as easily to Pynchon.  
Eco pretty clearly cribbed this notion (as recounted) from Borges 
("Jorge" in *The Name of the Rose*, GET IT?), and as we *all* know, 
Pynchon's favorite Argentinian author is Leopoldo Lugones.

Also, I saw Eco give a lecture at NYU around 1986 or thereabouts.  A 
wonderfully entertaining and civilized man.

 
                  "If you can't be good, be thorough."

On Mon, 27 Feb 1995, Frank Kruse wrote:

> a german newspaper the "tageszeitung" brought up the theorie that italian  
> author umberto eco does not exist. due to his own theorie that an author  
> doesn't exist, because he is always an invention of the book it self.  
> invented to create more books...
> 
> a new perspective for pynchon-hunters?
> 
> 
> frank.
> 
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