AtD and 9/11

[Martin Hinks]

I read "No reference to the present day is intended or should be
inferred" as a very harsh sarcastic jab to draw attention to the
parallels between the period described and our present day...

On 8/14/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> As Pynchon makes point of stating in the blurb 'No reference to the present
> day is intended or should be inferred', most probably there will be quite a
> few such references, and even more than that will be possible to infer.
>
>
> >From: "Carvill John" <johncarvill at hotmail.com>
> >To: richard.romeo at gmail.com, pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: RE: AtD and 9/11
> >Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 18:07:41 +0000
> >
> >>I do kinda expect some allusions to terrorism in AtD in the way Conrad did
> >>in The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes
> >
> >Yep, there's a lot to ponder about what may or may not crop up. Pynchon
> >seems to allude to Bush and his misbegotten cronies in the blurb - that
> >'fasle religiosity, evil intent' bit...
> >
> >Read The Secret Agent a long time ago. I remember it being amazingly good,
> >but if memory serves the ending was extremely depressing.
> >
> >Cheers
> >JC
> >
> >
>
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