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

[Dave Monroe]

Or one could point out that not only is Pynchon
eminenetly allusive throught his published oeuvre (and
perhaps then some ...), but also that Orwell's
situation as presented in that 1984 "Introduction" is
not only not dissimilar to that gaining in the U.S. et
al. post-9/11/03, but also to those repeatedly alluded
to (Rex 84 et al.) in Vineland (e.g., see Thoreen) ...

--- lorentzen-nicklaus
<lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de> wrote:
> 
> "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.

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