Germans keep doing it

Ya Sam takoitov at hotmail.com
Fri Jan 5 08:41:01 CST 2007


Taken out of context it's not really a spoiler. The word in question is 
'Kuppelei'. I couldn't find it in a simple dictionary so I thought it might 
be an Austrian word, but I may be wrong. Although Pynchon does use the 
Venitian dialect in Venice chapters.


>From: Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com>
>To: "Ya Sam" <takoitov at hotmail.com>
>CC: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Germans keep doing it
>Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 15:21:57 +0100
>
>I don't care for spoilers, I'm always reading all Pynchon novels
>non-linear. Re-reading previous pages is a regular habit.
>
>But how do you like this:
>
>"Secret wisdom--different details, but the structure underneath is
>always the same."
>(275)
>
>
>2007/1/5, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com>:
>>I don't know how far into AtD you are, but there is one Austrian law term
>>there that I managed to find on google not without some difficulties.
>>

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