Somewhat NP Argentinians bound for Germany

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Sat Aug 5 03:20:41 CDT 2000


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>From: Dave Monroe <monroe at mpm.edu>
>To: jbor <jbor at bigpond.com>
>Subject: Re: Somewhat NP Argentinians bound for Germany
>Date: Sat, Aug 5, 2000, 5:18 PM
>

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> but is Pynchon hisself, are his texts, being somehow
> made out to be relativizing all these events?

Don't think so.

> As if somehow they're being
> equated with the extinction of the dodo dwelt upon within as well?
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The dodo sequence with Frans van der Groov (Katje's ancestor) presents an
insight into the mindset of the perpetrator of a genocide. Are you
relativising the significance of this (longish, recurring, thematically
resonant) section of Pynchon's text?

best



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