IVIV (1) "Uphill and invisible" p4

[Tore Rye Andersen]

David Morris: 

> I agree that this passage stood out as particularly poetic, and quite
> brief for Pynchon. 
 
Yes. As alice says, Pynchon still has the ability to write beautifully,
and it almost feels like he can toss off passages like this at will
(see also p. 98, or the ending of the novel, which is pitch-perfect).
But as I argued, this time around Pynchon deliberately seems to curb
himself, deliberately tries doing something other than what comes 
natural to him. And this restraint also extends itself to the poetic
language, which despite small flashes of beauty is much less present
in IV than in Pynchon's previous novels. 
 
Why this apparent restraint? Discuss.
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