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

[jporter]

I thought of Wouk, but what mainly returned to mind
was the his riff on the story of Job.

Related, I suppose.

jody


On Nov 2, 2005, at 11:12 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> Babi Yar, by A. Kutnetsov
> The White Hotel, by D.M. Thomas (heavily plagiarized from Babi Yar)
> The Winds of War, by Herman Wouk
> Maus ("graphic novel"), by Art Spiegelman
>
> --Original Message-----
> From: jporter <jp3214 at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Nov 2, 2005 10:53 AM
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: "The Evacuation still proceeds..." GR Part 1 Section 1
>
> I think fictionalizing the Holocaust , or using it in any detail
> to advance a work of fiction would be difficult.  Styron uses
> Auschwitz in Sophie's Choice, but sort of sidesteps the
> "Jewish Problem" by making Sophie a gentile.
>
> jody
>
> On Nov 1, 2005, at 7:11 AM, jporter wrote:
>
>> 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..
>>
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