Asians in Pynchon ( was Re: Japanese in Vineland redu

[Peter Romanienko]

>I simply have to mention David Foster Wallace's use of the "Yushityu"
>corporation--like Sony--in IJ.  I laughed anyhow.

>Bonnie Kyburz
>Department of English
>Arizona State University

Reminds me of the two Japanese auto company names,Isuyu and Sosumi, in
William Gaddis' _Frolic of His Own_, a book about rampant American
litiginousness.

Peter J. Romanienko
Molecular Biology Program
Sloan-Kettering Institute
Tel: 212-639-7226
Fax: 212-717-3317