SLSL Pynch's Last Tape

Richard Romeo romeocheeseburger at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 13 10:15:15 CST 2003


--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> on 11/1/03 1:02 AM, The Great Quail at
> quail at libyrinth.com wrote:
> 
> >>> As for sexism, well, I think _Lot 49_ is, in
part, a > deliberate attempt to
> portray women a little less chauvinistically than he
> had done previously,
> although the characterisation of Oedipa as an actual
> biological woman isn't
> a particularly effective one (Grace Bortz is good
> though).
-----------------
I wonder if Mr Pynchon's attitudes changed after
meeting his future wife.  I guess we can all wonder
about her influence on his writing. I suspect it must
be taken into account.

Rich

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