Finished IV - flashes of understanding

[rich]

didn't he do that in Vineland?

On 6/18/09, János Székely <miksaapja at gmail.com> wrote:
> From today's perspective, absolutely. I should say it is largely about
> the genesis of today's perspective. Plus: much irony and nostalgia.
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> János
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> 2009/6/18  <kelber at mindspring.com>:
>> Without giving any details, do you have a sense of whether it was written,
>> at least in part, back then or is it written from today's perspective?
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>> Laura
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>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: János Székely <miksaapja at gmail.com>
>>>Sent: Jun 18, 2009 1:27 AM
>>>To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>>Subject: Finished IV - flashes of understanding
>>>
>>>I've finished reading IV (at long last). Admitting I love it, and
>>>without offering teasers, all I can say (once again, I think) is that
>>>the plot takes place in the same time and (as far as I know) the same
>>>place when and where OBA finished the bulk of GR. So it helps you
>>>understand, uh, some of the more surrealistic-looking aspects of the
>>>earlier novel. (Aha-Phänomen.)
>>>
>>>János
>>>
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