Wood: The Blue River of Truth

[rich]

 One way of thinking about the centrality of this broad blue
> river of truth is to imagine a world in which the only possible novel
> available was, say, Pynchon's _Vineland_ and books like it. It would be
> a hysterical and falsifying monotony. By contrast, a world in which the
> only available novel was, say, _A House for Mr. Biswas_ would be a
> fearfully honest, comic, tragic, compassionate, and above all deeply
> human place. [...]
>
> Pdf available.
> __________________

 yikes! suicide would be alot more fun, too
 rich
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