pynchon-l-digest V2 #1012

[Jeremy Osner]

FrodeauxB at aol.com wrote:

> Using a pen to write makes it part of me.

Or,
    On the table glistened a clean sheet of paper
    and, distinctly outlined against this whiteness,
    lay a beautifully sharpened pencil...[a]n
    enlightened descendant of the index finger.
            Invitation to a Beheading p. 12

--
The right-hand, still untasted part of the novel, which,
during our delectable reading, we would lightly feel,
mechanically testing whether there were still plenty
left (and our fingers were always gladdened by the
placid, faithful thickness) has suddenly, for no reason
at all, become quite meager: a few minutes of quick
reading, already downhill, and -- O horrible!

Invitation to a Beheading
Vladimir Nabokov
http://www.readin.com/books/invitationbeheading/