IVIV (1) "She came along the alley and up the back steps ..."

[Robin Landseadel]

On Aug 25, 2009, at 6:04 AM, John Carvill wrote:

>> One thing that's curious, novel, & a new category for Pynchon in  
>> this novel
>> is a third-person narrator attempting to do the work of a first  
>> person
>> narrator. Philip
>
> Yes, except for this very first scene, where it surely cannot be Doc's
> point of view.

Not impossible. Doc first sees her through that un-curtained kitchen  
window before letting her in. The street-light is coming in through  
that kitchen window. The front door is for daylight, straightworld  
activities, the rear door is for nighttime, freaky activities—at least  
as far as Shasta's concerned, the way she used to do those sorts of  
things for Doc. Not impossible at all.

Start the scene through the window view, have the camera crawl back  
into the kitchen.

"You better come on in my kitchen babe, it's goin' to be rainin'  
outdoors."

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