Chance as luck; yashmeen as Fortuna; later perspective on an earlier part of ATD
Peter Fellows-McCully
pfm at aspeon.com
Fri Jun 27 08:53:33 CDT 2008
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From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org]
On Behalf Of Mark Kohut
Sent: 27 June 2008 13:37
To: Henry
Cc: pynchon -l
Subject: RE: Chance as luck; yashmeen as Fortuna; later perspective
on an earlier part of ATD
[snip]
Our very existence might be by chance......it is our good fortune,
our good luck to be
alive...to be healthy....etc....
He repeats that it is "like grace" (in the Western religious
tradition)
[snip]
Tell that to Sam Becket half way through "The Unnamable".
Peter
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