MDMD: Latitudes and Departures (1)

[Peter Redzinger]

m&d starts in America & the novel is narrated in America from the start, 
both by Cherrycoke and, ultimately, by Pynchon. to say America is absent 
seems a bit myopic at
best


>ut mr.  Pynchon offers us during part 1 of the
>novel a microcosmos with weapons, greed and ambition, maybe some lunacy, 
>right
>under a cover of christmastide happiness and hot coffee.  And he tells it 
>in a
>cheerful tone, maintaining the illusion of happiness.  Which makes it even 
>darker.
>
>Saying that America is largely absent is true for the story on Mason & 
>Dixon, but
>it's an overall presence in the novel during part 1.
>
>But this may be "All subjunctive, of course " (p. 208).
>
>Merry Christmas to you all.
>
>Michel.
>




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