An obvious nod

Ya Sam takoitov at hotmail.com
Sun Oct 15 13:26:29 CDT 2006


http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lemprieres-Dictionary-Lawrence-Norfolk/dp/0749398191/sr=1-2/qid=1160936655/ref=sr_1_2/202-3183057-4326249?ie=UTF8&s=books



>From: "bob mccart" <lebishar at gmail.com>
>To: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>CC: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: An obvious nod
>Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:15:00 -0400
>
>whats this dictionary fellow you keep referecnign
>
>On 10/14/06, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>to Pynchon in this sentence from Lempriere's Dictionary
>>
>>'The details of the buildings seemed to blur and the downpour replaced
>>them
>>with wretched waterfalls and fountains, broken pipes and seeping minarets;
>>templates of appeasement to the preterite, just the weather again to the
>>elect for the sky absolves nothing of course". (134)
>>
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