MDMD(5): Biblical References (1)
John Bailey
johnbonbailey at hotmail.com
Mon Oct 8 21:30:18 CDT 2001
>
>Is Thomas Pynchon, when writing about the Cape, writing about the
>origins of his own country?
>
Yes and no, I think. He writes about the origins of his own country later in
the book. Here he doesn't need to compare the two; that comes later. It's
enough to write about the origins of Cape Town, isn't it? But then, he could
be writing about so many places...he does in fact. What is it that links
them? You've already answered that.
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