pynchon-l-digest V2 #1446
Paul Mackin
pmackin at clark.net
Wed Sep 27 21:29:22 CDT 2000
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Doug Millison wrote:
> I'm not aware that Levi or Wiesel have written novels in which
> multinational corporations are seen to profit from supplying both
> sides in WW II and from the Holocaust, or suggesting that from the
> Holocaust, and the rocket research, development and manufacture that
> the Holocaust made possible, springs the post-War missile program. If
> they have done so, please point me to the relevant references; I'll
> add those novels, if they exist, to the very long list of fictional
> works I'd like to read.
>
> I know I'm not the first to point out here on Pynchon-L that GR could
> be seen as one of several novels, published in the late 60s/early
> '70s, that gave the Holocaust a more or less revisionist treatment,
> going against the grain of received notions. davemarc has posted on
> that subject at least a couple of times, if I remember correctly.
Yeah, P gave the Holocaust a "more or less revisionist" treatment. He
hardly mentioned it. He did mention Rocket R&D and manufacture for the
war, taking note that the manufacture utilized slave labor. No
information here that was news to anyone. Neither was it news that
the post war American rocket program benefited from German rocket
technology and captured scientists (though no one imagines things could
not have gone on fairly well even without the extra help).
It's clear Millison is holding something back. He has finally gotten his
hands on those long supressed chapters of Gravity's Rainbow where the
whole dastardly American scheme to conduct the Holocaust is at last
fleshed out. (or more likely merely "suggested")
P.
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