GRGR Holocaust

[Paul Mackin]

On Oct 26, 2005, at 2:19 PM, Keith McMullen wrote:

> If someone who knew nothing of The Holocaust read GR, they would  
> still know NOTHING of what was done to the Jews.
>
> This does not mean that the novel does not address the issue.
>
> This does not mean one is a Holocaust denier by pointing out this  
> fact.
>
> It does raise very interesting and important questions about why  
> Pynchon decided to deal with the Holocaust the way he does.

Why didn't P provide a treatment of the Holocaust or a more thorough  
one?

1. It had been done..

2.  A lot of people were  more qualified on the subject  than he.

3. He wanted to  do something else.


>
> If you have any doubts about the fact that Pynchon is NOT dealing  
> directly with the historical information, that he is presenting it  
> solely by indirect literary methods. Try and cite anything in the  
> entire novel which would educate someone who found the novel on a  
> desert island about anything specific about the treatment of the Jews.
>
>