GRGR P1 S1: "The road, which ought to be opening out into a broader highway..."

[John Carvill]

Yes, so it could be us who're in that multi-levelled carriage. And the
vehicle seems to be taking multiple forms as well - it's a train, then
we're on a road which we expect to broaden into a highway but it
doesn't, then the "caravan has halted". Caravan can mean a number of
things but it's usually taken to mean multiple vehicles, ie. a convoy.
And traditionally, who travels in caravans? Gypsies. Which takes us back
to the possible connection between this Evacuation and trains taking
people to camps...



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [On Behalf Of Otto]

In Richard Powers' "Galathea 2.2" I've read recently about the 
"function" of a train at the beginning of a novel: to get the story out 
of the station (and developing).

Otto

Carvill John wrote:
> Well, it looks like we're off and running with the Group Read.
> 
> Haven't had time to put together a proper post on the opening Section,

> but for now just one question:
> 
> In the opening dream sequence, we're on a train, that seems reasonably

> clear. And we arrive in the station with the globular lights, by
train. 
> So how in between do we find ourselves on a road:
> 
> "The road, which ought to be opening out into a broader highway,
instead 
> has been getting narrower, ..."
> 
> 
> 

	

	
		
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