That missing parenthesis (GR 411)

[albert pulido]

Thanks everyone, and have any of you ever emailed Pynchon?
Anyway, still reading GR and have another question about something I also 
think I've seen in the text before. So when Slothrop leaves his room with 
Margherita to deliver the hashish the narr. describes night Berlin with, 
"The salt ache of accordian music cries on in back of them." (434)
Now, I know the emotions of sweet, sour, and bitter-- but salt? I'd be an 
interesting emotion to add to a palate, but what is it?

Albert

>From: jbor <jbor at bigpond.com>
>To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: That missing parenthesis (GR 411)
>Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 09:25:23 +1000
>
>Yes, after the ellipsis at line 14, where the narrator's self-conscious
>aside fades out. It's definitely an error, though there's no basis for
>ascribing it to a printer or publisher. In fact, that assertion is quite
>illogical seeing as how the omission has appeared in more than one edition
>of the text.
>
>It's more likely that it's a mistake or oversight in the original ms which
>neither author nor editor picked up. As such it's another opportunity for
>some eager beaver to score brownie points with Pynchon, his agent or his
>publisher. A simple email or fax pointing out the error should suffice.
>
>best
>
>
> > Yep. Right after the ellipsis works. It's almost a pity, isn't it.
>
> >> The missing patrenthesis on page 411 clearly belongs right before the
> >> elipses six lines down.  I see that I pencilled it in on my copy.
> >> This is
> >> an obvious printer's error.
> >>
> >
>