reclusive pynchon

[jbor]

The house and flashing sign are reminiscent of DeLillo's "MOST PHOTOGRAPHED
BARN IN AMERICA" bit in _White Noise_ also.

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> 
> Indeed, all of this is reminiscent of the scene in W.P. Kinsella's _Shoeless
> Joe_ where the "kidnapped" J.D. Salinger pays for gas with his credit card
> and, to his surprise, his autograph _isn't_ recognized by the clerk. Ol'
> J.D. was, if I am remembering correctly (don't have book at hand), expecting
> to be recognized and hounded as soon as he walked out his front door.
> 
> Of course, that's the fictional J.D., but anyway...
> 
> etb
> 
> p.s. also reminds me of a DeLillo comment in an Esquire interview around the
> time _Libra_ was published, in which (after Esquire touted the interview as
> "Reclusive Author Speaks Out For First Time Ever" or something) DD is asked
> about his apparent withdrawal from society & the media spotlight &c and he
> says something like "No one's ever really tried to talk to me before." (And
> you would hardly call DD a recluse these days.)
> 
> FWIW, I don't really know if TRP is a recluse full-stop or just a "media
> recluse." The definition "A person who withdraws from the world to live in
> seclusion and often in solitude." doesn't really befit a person who lives in
> NYC & has a wife & child. Just because he's publicly reclusive (i.e. no
> interviews, no book tours, no 42nd St. Y, no cameras) doesn't necessarily
> mean he's privately reclusive.