AtD (spoilers) Tautologies

[Jordan Fink]

around page 200, the style shifts to a western tale, the accents change
and the nerrator develops a frontier colarado accents. the repeating
phrases are indicative of an Oral Tradition.


From: "Ya Sam" <takoitov@[omitted]>
To: kelber@[omitted], pynchon-l@[omitted]
Subject: Re: AtD (spoilers) Tautologies
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 23:29:27 +0200

After page 200 I have a very unpleasant feeling that the editing was done in
a hurry, (maybe in order to present the book for the National Book Award in
time, don't know) therefore some stylistic lapses are a letdown, (e.g. p.
213 'Reef found himself' two times in the same paragraph, not to mention all
the 'is alls') especially alongside some awesome passages of comsic beauty.


>From: kelber@[omitted]
>Reply-To: kelber@[omitted]
>To: pynchon-l@[omitted]
>Subject: Re: AtD (spoilers) Tautologies
>Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:00:03 -0500 (EST)
>
>His repeated use of "a couple-three" also grates.  On the other hand, the
>book is filled with wonderful Pynchon passages, such as the paragraph that
>starts on the bottom of p. 580, continues to p.581.
>
>Laura
>
>-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ya Sam <takoitov@[omitted]>
> >Sent: Nov 28, 2006 2:38 PM
> >To: pynchon-l@[omitted]
> >Subject: AtD (spoilers) Tautologies
> >
> >I am a bit irritated by the tautological constructions in AtD, the first
> >being in the blurb itself "strange occurrences occur''. Just two examples
> >(but there are more)
> >
> >p. 198 'He sought Sloat's eyes with his one undamaged one'
> >
> >or p. At the Casino, back in the back rooms...
> >
> >I find it a tad jarring.
> >
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