SLSL Intro, incl., "As Nearly as I Can Remember"

[David Morris]

>From: Michel Ryckx <michel.ryckx at freebel.net>
>
>  Nice post, but I cannot agree with your conclusion:
>
>Malign:
>
>>[snip]
>>
>>I think, then, it is far more likely that Pynchon is evaluating candidly.
>>
>. . . when one considers his position in the literary landscape: he already 
>has earned his place, whatever his next prose.  He, therefore, can afford 
>to be, what's the word, self-deprecating, which in this case, may be a 
>code-word for irony.

Yes, I agree that this is yet more of his SL apology, not necesarily a 
sincere one.  To me it seems to be a slippery manuever, not meant (too much) 
to be taken literally.

David Morris

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