Pynchon like Shostakovich?

[DudiousMax at aol.com]

Yo Dudes and Dudeens,
                 Something I thought you might like to know.  In Russian 
culture there is the concept of the "yurodivy."  "The yurodivy has the gift 
to see and hear what others know nothing about.  But he tells the world about 
his insights in an an intentionally paradoxical way ... He plays the fool, 
while actually being a persistent exposer of evil and injustice."  According 
to some, Shostakovich was practicing this tradition, and many of 
Shostakovich's works are "composed in code."  If anyone wants to read more 
about this, there is an article in, _The New York Times_;  Sunday Feb. 6, 
2000; Page 1 of the "Arts & Leisure" section; titled, "A Moral Beacon Amid 
the Darkness Of a Tragic Era."
                But what do I know?  I'm only...
                            Max