Against the Day/Songs

[Dave Monroe]

Beckett is, not entirely uncoincidentally, my OTHER
favorite novelist.  I always keep in mind that early
modern way of defining a word nigh unto exhaustion via
all its possible meanings, associations, et al. ...

--- Chris Broderick <elsuperfantastico at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Which is one of the things that truly appeals to me
> about TRP.  At his best, he uses symbolism in a very
> complex and even contradictory way.   Symbols in
> Pynchon end up being less a metaphor for some
> specific grand idea, than a repository for many,
often
> self-negating ones.  I had the same sense the first
> time I read Beckett, but Pynchon has taken it to a
> farther extreme.

And am always interested in someone risking this ...
 
> If someone ever asked me what GR is "about", I would
> probably say that it's about the moment in time
> delta-t right before the missile of meaning hits
> your skull.  Not exactly book-jacket worthy, but
> whaddaya gonna do?

Me, I gotta take a whiz, then get some lunch, so ...

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