Re Pierce and Oedipa
Robin Landseadel
robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Sun May 3 16:51:06 CDT 2009
On May 3, 2009, at 2:29 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> In my own sad experience, the dump-ee obsesses more than the dump-
> er. Who's making obsessive middle-of-the-night phone calls years
> later?
Jesus: "And you. Are you still with that gringo who spent too
much money on you? The oligarchist, the miracle?"
Oed: "He died."
Let's say that previously Pierce is dumped by Oedipa. So, Oedipa
becomes the dumpee after Mucho gets his little visit from the Shadow.
I'll buy, because Oedipa obsesses over what Pierce left behind.
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