Unsafe Children of VitVatersRand

David Morris fqmorris at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 24 15:37:16 CDT 2002


>From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
>We read that they live in NY and the only grounds for adultery in NY is 
>adultery. [...] He decides to get out of the marriage by committing 
>adultery with Paola. [...] Roony's rationalization seems to be the point. 
>[...] His true motives are pretty much the same as Pig's.

Agreed again, but the situation is more than a little bit contrived by 
Pynchon, wouldn't you say?  Winsome's passive behavior and Mafia's adultery 
had been going along for a long time before Paola arrived on the scene.  I 
say it's not the best fiction-writing.

David Morris

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