An obvious nod

[Ya Sam]

I haven't reached that place yet, but I do know about this flagrantly 
blatant kowtow (I have a thesaurus) which is not at all surprising. As 
Umberto Eco explained the presence of Borges-like character in The Name of 
the Rose "because debts must be paid".


>From: "Tore Rye Andersen" <torerye at hotmail.com>
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>CC: takoitov at hotmail.com
>Subject: RE: An obvious nod
>Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 22:16:06 +0200
>
>>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)
>
>That's an obvious nod allright, but how about this deep and blatant bow:
>[In the course of a description of the different guests visiting Lemprière 
>during his work on the dictionary]:
>
>"Lastly and most puzzling of all there was a non-descript fellow, tall, 
>dressed for the times with brown or black hair, not so tall perhaps, but 
>certainly not short and gaunt rather than full in the face although neither 
>description wholly missed the mark. Septimus brought him in with a minimum 
>of fanfare and at first said nothing at all. Lemprière looked at the man 
>suspiciously.
>'Who are you?' he asked at length.
>'This is Mister O'Tristero,' said Septimus. There was a second long 
>silence.
>'I am your rival.' said Mister O'Tristero. That was the substance of all 
>that was said.
>After he had gone, Lemprière turned to his friend for explanation. 'Keep 
>you on your toes,' explained Septimus." (Lemprière's Dictionary, pp. 
>200-01)
>
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