Koopman, again, again
Basileios Drolias
b.drolias at ic.ac.uk
Tue Feb 28 07:54:17 CST 1995
Do you think that MGK may actually be TRP having a go at the list?
Maybe we can try phoning up and listening for background Spike jones ;-)
but seriously,
I read V. recently for the second time, and I think the scene that struck
me as the most odd one in the book is the one in which Profane visits his
parents house just before he folowd Stencil and Paola. For me it sounded
as if this was the real Tom Pynchon talking about himself (especially
when further on in the same page he talks about Spike Jones) describing a
mystic interaction with his parents home or a very "sweet" recollection
of his mother (or of images of mothers feeding the world). What is
known about Pynchon's parents? I certainly have never seen anything
written about them. I also find interesting the presence of Slothrop's
mother in GR - (same "sweet" type of recollection?).
basil
PS. Oh and what kind of parents are they, naming their kid Ruggles?! No
wonder he uses names like Eigenvalue!
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