GRGR(30): Rehearsal

[Jeremy Osner]

The conversation between Katje and Enzian has the feeling of being
scripted and unspontaneous -- overtly so. Look at the line, on p. 659,
"It isn't yet time to touch her" -- communicates a fatalistic sense,
later on it will be time to touch her. And on the next page, Enzian "has
often imagined the coming of a Questioner." He has rehearsed a
justification for his identity.

I have internalized, from whence I know not, the notion that this
behavior is morbid -- is this a Pynchonism?

All the text on 660-61, from "'What *can* Blicero matter to you?' is
what she finally asks." to E's reply "'Yes he matters to me, very
much.'" is E's rehearsal -- at least I think it is. There's a little
ambiguity introduced by the line, "He is a lion, this man, ego-mad --
but despite everything, Katje likes him." Somehow Katje has inserted
herself into E's psychic stage.

--
"To see the light of the world", as a description
of the process of birth, we hear from the mouths
of those who believe themselves already to be
standing in the light of the world, triumphant.

Coming out of the Cave
http://www.readin.com/books/hohlenausgange