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[Toby G Levy]

Well, somebody I know must have called his mother in law La Gordita!  

Anyway, researching Gordita Beach brings up this neat essay:

http://www.theaesthetic.com/NewFiles/pynchon.html

In which may be found this: "Pynchon doesn't refer to Manhattan Beach by
name. Rather, he uses the name Gordita Beach to refer to his one-time
home."

and also, in response to the "conservative" allegation, this:

Prior to her recent death, his old landlord said that she remembered the
author well. Evelyn Guy said that Pynchon lived in a tiny bachelor
apartment adjacent to their beachfront home before he moved into a small
apartment a few blocks away at 217 33rd Street.

"He was a very tall, nice man," she said. "He would always get three or
four months behind in his rent, and then he would catch up all at once."

According to Guy, Pynchon continued to collect his mail at their house
long after he had moved away. About once a week he would come by and pick
it up, often staying for dinner or to help her kids with their homework.

"We'd sit and talk for hours," she said. "We'd argue all the time. He was
a liberal and I was a conservative. Of course, he was always smarter than
I was."


Toby

On Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:17:01 +0000 "Ghetta Life"
<ghetta_outta at hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> Gordita is the diminutive of Gorda, which means a fat woman.  So it 
> would 
> literally mean "little fat woman."
> 
> Ghettita
> 
> >From: Toby G Levy <tobylevy at juno.com>
> >
> >Gordita Beach.
> >
> >I believe Gordita translates into "mother-in-law"
> 
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