From a friend ...

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

Alone, he climbs on, up the mountains of primal grief,
And not once do his footsteps echo from the soundless path.

(Und nicht einmal sein Schritt klingt aus dem tonlosen Los.)

And wasn't there reference to this specfic passage in GR?
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> "read the new Pynchon novel. i'm in Central Asia right
> now (June 30, 1908). it's th'Bomb !
> 
> "remember the 10th and final Duino Elegy? passing into
> death's country?"
> 
> I don't, and he's further along than I am now, or seem
> ever likely to get, so ...
> 
> But in case that rings a bell for anyone ...
> 
> 
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