Does the Broken Estate Have a Heart?

[Paul Mackin]

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From: "Campbel Morgan" <campbelmorgan at gmail.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 4:15 AM
Subject: Does the Broken Estate Have a Heart?


> This passage, provided by John,  fails to convince this reader.

I thinik it's going to take a lot more energy than has so far been expended 
to fully explain what people mean when they say Pynchon books don't have 
heart.

Because numerous passages  always can be immediately cited  showing heart 
coming veritably out one's ass.

I think the key however  may be he question of whose heart strings are 
really being pulled--the character's or the reader's.

Pynchon often seems to me to be saying, look,  here's some pure pognancy for 
you, and we sit back and agree most  defrintely yes wiping away the tears. 
But what do the characters do? (if they've been hurt do they try to get 
even)

Or another example, look at  the way there two completely opposite character 
types go hand and hand through life together.

In other words it seems all too much like what we are getting are examples 
of strong emotion or of strong character development.

To me there is something missing.

Maybe it's indefinable.

But probably if someone would take the trouble they could nail it.

Humbly. because I'm not the one to do the job.

P