mother quest

[Bonnie Surfus ENG]

Good point.  On Pynchon and DFW:  have you noticed Wallace's use of 
shadow and light?  It plays like it does in GR--all shadowy lattice work 
here and there.  It's interesting and kind of erie.  And did you catch 
that not-so-subtle nod to "V."?
> 
> Don't overlook "the Moms" in _Infinite Jest_. I am still slightly shy
> of p. 600 but she has begun to "show" and I expect the worst. Maybe
> I'll be wrong. (Actually, for what it's worth, Wallace seems to have
> a greater respect for womenkind than one might have expected given his
> general willingness to best Pynchon in the gross department by an order of 
> magnitude.)
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