Protagonist
jd
wescac at gmail.com
Mon Jul 17 15:22:17 CDT 2006
I would much prefer a Maas / Slothrop type character, but it's not
like I'm not going to read the book if it's not.
On 7/17/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
> We do learn about the setting of the new novel from the blurb. However, it
> is so unfocused that it is hardly possible to guess who might be its
> protagonist(s). I do beleive that despite the sprawling nature of the
> forthcoming literary leviathan it will be focused enough (unlike the blurb)
> to have some main characters. My guess is that unlike M&D he/she/they won't
> be a historical personage. That sounds trite and ridiculously
> overgeneralising, but I guess it will be somebody (like Stencil, Oedipa,
> Slothrop) in search of something and discovering another great conspiracy
> during his/her/their quest. Isn't it what all Pynchon books are about? If
> you have any better guess, let us know.
>
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