pynchon-l-digest V2 #2188

Otto o.sell at telda.net
Fri Oct 26 21:06:53 CDT 2001


Doug:
> Does Pynchon never answer the questions he raises?
> Seems to me he affirms a small set of positives again and again
> in his writing:  love, community, family, respect for the Earth,
> the continuity of life after death.

Ah, the last point . . . is said by the cynical Wernher von Braun as the
opening quote of GR and I don't believe that this is meant to be seen in any
way as the opinion of the author of the novel.

Otto





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