Parrots in Pynchon

[Mark Kohut]

Hey, yes, 'magical realist' storytellers..........

Van Meter is THE ARTIST figure here, Orpheus-like.



----- Original Message ----
From: Great Quail <quail at shipwrecklibrary.com>
To: The Whole Sick Crew <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 5:01:51 PM
Subject: Re: Parrots in Pynchon

I am honestly not picking a fight!  I just...

> I haven't read all that much magical
> realism, but what I've gathered from movies and other sources makes
> Pynchon's Parrots appear to me as signifiers of the presence of
> magical realism.

I just personally believe that 75% of anything in a Pynchon novel is usually
a signifier of the presence of magical realism!

--Quail

PS: As a parrot "owner," thanks for that list of parrots in Pynchon! I found
it quite enjoyable.