Pynchon, Coetzee, "the Holocaust as metaphor" and more

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

"Malignd" <malignd at yahoo.com> schrieb:

> ... And this reminded me of the discussion here about TP's
> Orwell Introduction, that, if he was speaking
> specifically of September 11 and George W. Bush's
> policies, as was claimed, why was his argument so
> allusive?
> 



°°° If one could only answer this, we'd know much more 
about Thomas Pynchon. As I see it, there are basically
two or three possibilities:

-- 1.) TRP is afraid of consequences for himself
and his family, especially his son. 

-- 2.) Pynchon changed sides, became an honorable
member of society and just has to feed his readers
from the loony left with a cookie now and then.

-- 3.) A turbid mixture of 1 & 2. 


KFL + 

Nachsatz: "IF WE ACCEPT THE NOTION THAT USING POWER AGAINST
THE powerless is wrong, a clear enough set of corollaries
begins to emerge" (SJ Intro, first sentence). Clear enough, 
Tom, eh?