Enzian and Tchitcherine

[Mark Kohut]

Not just an offhand joke. 

If one of the deeper themes of GR is Why is there the self-hatred of humanity that leads to the self-destruction of War?; why is there War against our "brothers"?; Is there a Death Wish in History, in our collective psyches?..............

Then, maybe that's part of the meaning of Enzian and Tchitcherine?


--- On Thu, 7/17/08, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Enzian and Tchitcherine
> To: "rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> Cc: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 4:37 PM
> Half-self hatred?
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 7/17/08, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Enzian and Tchitcherine
> > To: "pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008, 2:30 PM
> > almost done with another re-read of GR.  Can anyone
> > adequately
> > describe the reason Tchitcherine is obsessed with
> killing
> > his
> > half-brother Enzian? don't really understand his
> > personal motivation
> > here--is it just a Cain and Abel deal?
> > 
> > rich