GR 'Streets' (death and/or afterlife)

David Morris fqmorris at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 22 08:29:20 CDT 2003


> > Paul Mackin wrote:
> 
> My inclination is not to try and push logic too far here. The "us"
> "them" and "we systems are fashioned from the material of Pynchonean
> fancy. Best to simply stand as still as possible and let the magical
> language wash over you. In other words, the thing is not going to parse.

I strongly disagree with this last sentence, although I hear it repeated here
from time to time.  It DOES parse, and it was meant to parse.  I don't mean the
book as a whole, but individual sections, like this Hell section, are
consistent and nailable, even in the details.  Not that you have to...

David Morris

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