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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