Derrida and Pynchon

[Ghetta Life]

>From: jbor <jbor at bigpond.com>
>
>     [...] The saint whose water can light lamps, the clairvoyant
>     whose lapse in recall is the breath of God, the true paranoid
>     for whom all is organized in spheres joyful or threatening
>     about the central pulse of himself, the dreamer whose puns
>     probe ancient foetid shafts and tunnels of truth all act in
>     the same special relevance to the word, or whatever it is the
>     word is there, buffering, to protect us from. The act of metaphor
>     then was a thrust at truth and a lie, depending where you were:
>     inside, safe, or outside, lost. (Lot 49, p. 89)

A very nice quotation. It reminds me why I like Pynchon so much:  His 
writing is often just beautiful, poetic.   It's been a long time since I've 
read COL49.  I remember it as my least favorite Pynchon novel (well, 2nd 
least - Least would be Vineland), though I know some feel it's great.  Why 
is it that it's never been suggested for a group-read on the P-list?  At 
least not in my memory...

Ghetta

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