IVIV (0) Epigraph

[Dave Monroe]

Under the paving-stones, the beach!
GRAFFITO, PARIS, MAY 1968


May 1968 - The beach was a nod to a slogan from the May 1968 protests
that shook French society: “sous les pavés, la plage” — under the
cobblestones, the beach. For a discussion of the various shades of
meaning behind this slogan, click here. Protests against changes to
...The beach was a nod to a slogan from the May 1968 protests that
shook French society: “sous les pavés, la plage” — under the
cobblestones, the beach. For a discussion of the various shades of
meaning behind this slogan, click here. Protests against changes to
French higher education policy have been going on for two months, and
administrators now say that if the disruption does not end after
Easter, the spring semester may be lost entirely

http://www.google.com/search?q=Sous+les+pav%C3%A9s,+la+plage&hl=en&sa=G&tbs=tl:1&tbo=u&ei=zDmHStqXO5GiMPHDiOsE&oi=timeline_result&ct=title&resnum=16

"Sous les pavés, la plage" - slogan dating from the 1968 Paris student
riots. Literally, it refers to the paving stones thrown at the police.
Figuratively, it refers to the ideal life to be found beneath the
confines of society.

http://inherent-vice.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_1#Epigraph
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1968_in_France#Slogans_and_graffiti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1968_in_France
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_68#Quelques_slogans_soixante-huitards.2C_.C3.A9crits_et_scand.C3.A9s
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_68

Cf. ...

"If under the street and under the sea are the same thing then he was
king of both." (V., Ch. 8, Sec. i, p. 215)

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