Holocaust (Re: NP: Not to bring up a shitstorm or anything...

[Richard Romeo]

jbor wrote:
>
>I agree wholeheartedly with MalignD's very sensible assertion that 
>Pynchon's reluctance to offer definitive or central treatment of the 
>Holocaust in the text of _GR_ derives, at least in part, from an 
>unwillingness to presume to know, or to speak, as an authority on something 
>of this magnitude and of which he has had no personal experience.
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hey foax, you know Pynchon wasn't exactly an Herrero, or a fucking dodo--you 
are trying to explain writer intention with no evidence.
geez
don't know about the centrality of the holocaust, per se, but let's say 
"trauma" instead or unimaginable suffering and evil, drop terms altogether 
and forget about Pynchon's reluctance, wish, fears, etc.--we'll never 
know'em...

sorry, mon. morning, fucking giants, bad coffee
(and apologies to davemarc)

respectfully,
Rich
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