"The Evacuation still proceeds..." GR Part 1 Section 1

[jporter]

At any rate, it would have been a different novel, and its hard
to see how he could have probed all the other things he does
if he had tried to portray the Holocaust in any straightforward
way. His technique of allusion, even if partially motivated by
a recognition of subject matter beyond his grasp, certainly
does represent an interesting method of drawing attention to
the topic.

I'm trying to remember any novels where the Holocaust has
been done well, whatever that means. Did you have some in
mind?

jody



On Oct 31, 2005, at 6:18 PM, MalignD at aol.com wrote:

> My own opinion is with Rob, that the Holocaust is alluded to and no 
> more.  My
> gut feeling is that Pynchon was wise enough to know it was a subject 
> he was
> without authority to probe in depth..