NPPF - What does it all mean?

[David Morris]

And, BTW, this all dovetails very nicely into the Bergson concepts of that
Michael Joeseph has brought to this reading.  This is really great!  And I
think it argues in favor of "no need" to resolve the puzzles and patterns
present in PF.  I think the message of PF is more about this concept of a
Universe and Time which trancends, but as Shade tells us in the poem about the
fountain he saw when he was dead, the meaning of it could only make sense to
someone who has crossed over fully to the other side.

--- David Morris <fqmorris at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Patterns, mirror images, anagrams, word golf, and all other phenomena of
transforming and discovering hidden surprises in the novel Pale Fire are the
“texture” that supercedes the “text.“  For Shade (and maybe VN) this texture is
a reassuring hint at an overarching “oneness” or lack of total randomness of
the cosmos.  These patterns are sought out, and there they are!  Accident? 
Coincidence?  Planned?  Projected?  If anything were to relate this NPPF to
Pynchon, this would be it.  For Pynchon this is all a manifestation of
“paranoia” (but They may really be out to get you).  Nabakov doesn’t give this
pattern-quest a name, but for him it is clearly a sign of hope, and an
assurance of being a part of something bigger than one small life.  And as
Terrance would tell you, Religion is at the heart of it all...

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