Creeping Figs

[Jasper Fidget]

Me too.  I imagine Zoyd himself drifting through the creeping fig in a
wake of sunlight.  But only if I try too hard.

On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 18:25 +0000, Carvill John wrote:
> Much as I love Vineland, and definitely *not* wishing to stir up the whole 
> political debate around it, I've always found the opening sentence quite 
> odd:
> 
> "Later than usual one summer morning in 1984, Zoyd Wheeler drifted awake in 
> sunlight through a creeping fig that hung in the window, with a squadron of 
> blue jays..." etc.
> 
> Ok, leaving everything else aside, does that 'in sunlight through' strike 
> anyone else as slightly jarring, as if we'd expect something else between 
> 'sunlight' and 'through'? Some variant on, say, 'in sunlight that', I dunno, 
> 'shone through', 'filtered through'.......?
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Cheers
> JC
> 
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