pynchon-l-digest V2 #1445

[Doug Millison]

rj:
>These are your readings and you're welcome to them.

Thank you.

rj
>  There are others,
>equally as valid imo, if not more so.

That's debatable.

Malign:
>  Millison's argument
>Millison's interpretation

Right on both counts.

rj:
>'the Holocaust is central to *GR*'

Yes, that's my opinion:  central but by no means GR's only concern; 
Pynchon treats it with nuance, in a way that shatters pre-conceived 
notions about how and why the Holocaust happened. The Holocaust 
remains at the center of the novel, physically (let the book fall 
open) and metaphorically; Pynchon refers to it directly and alludes 
to it throughout, and all sub-plots lead to the Holocaust. But of 
course you remain free to deny that or to argue otherwise.

Mackin:
>  Anyway that's the way I see it.

And you're entitled to that opinion, too, of course.

I will continue to read and interpret Pynchon's novels as I wish, and 
I continue to look for reasonable interlocutors for discussion of 
same.

On tip-toes,
holding my nose,

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