AtDTDA : 12

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Still mired in provincialism and protectionism, turn-of-the-century USA was 
little more than an exotic destination for sophisticated world travelers and visitors
 from quite far away.  A port of call for the C of C, but the important stuff was happening elsewhere.  Dally, Kit, et al have to high-tail it to Europe to get into the thick of World History.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Keith <keithsz at mac.com>
>Sent: Jul 4, 2007 11:28 AM
>To: Masochistic Devotees <Pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Re: AtDTDA : 12 "A visitor from quite far away. . . ." 337
>
>This also echoes "Sophisticated world travelers visiting the area  
>were quick to identify the rude structures with those known in Persia  
>as 'Towers of Silence'" [ATD, 209:24-26] Pynchon's standing  
>invitation to look at things from multiple perspectives.
>
>In the current passage, one might also imagine a view from the sky  
>looking down at the scene beneath noontide's glare.
>
>On Jul 4, 2007, at 7:18 AM, robinlandseadel at comcast.net wrote:
>
>           A visitor from quite far away might
>           almost have imangined two separate species having
>           little to do, one with the other . . .
>
>Of course, the line "A visitor from quite far away" applys to New  
>York in
>many ways, including time travel. Remember the earlier times we were
>in the great city, and alternate routes of egress in use earlier in  
>the Novel.
>
>
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