GRGR(18): Finding Lisaura

[jporter]

>Way back on p. 364, we are told of Slothrop, "As a matter of fact, he is
>also just about to run into his Lisaura"; on the next page, the sentence
>"This is how they meet" introduces a story that isn't about Slothrop
>meeting his Lisaura; it's easy to forget all about it. (I know I have
>frequently done so.).....

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>
>But hey, what's this? here on p. 393 comes the line, "This is how he
>comes to meet Margherita Erdmann,... . Seems kinda
>wacky to me that this framed material spans several section divisions
>and some widely disparate material about the Argentines and
>Tchitcherine.


The largest frame in the novel, that I have been able to find, is Pirate's
push ups (counterforce) v. the descent of the center of gravitational mass
in the final theater scene.

At the apogee, the frames- parenthesis if you will- are closest together.
(((((((( ))))))))

Think: _Laws of Form_.

jody