re MDDM 35 Christ and History

[Thomas Eckhardt]

Terrance wrote:

> Not nasty at all, it is, as you know, P's favorite metaphor, dance/hunt.
> Deck-dance, dance of death....hunt for the Church, Christ, Virgin,
> Paola, V.

Nasty perhaps was the wrong word. And the association Christ/prey or
history/hunt is certainly not a surprising one in a novel by Mr. P - but
it is an unusual metaphor to use for a Reverend, no?

Thanks for your long message as well. I am also reminded of what I'd
term "Foppl's epiphany" (V., 264, in my Picador edition): "alignment",
"set symmetry", "dancelike poise"...

Thomas