AtD/VL: The Traverse Clan

[Richard Fiero]

Kai Frederik Lorentzen wrote:

>"'Political family,' Zoyd remarked, 'for sure.'" (Vineland, p. 372)
>
>The Traverse Clan bridges more than a century and connects Against 
>the Day with Vineland. On the social micro-level it's the largest 
>figuration in Pynchon's whole universe.. . .

There are many counterexamples by way of the same or similar name 
appearing in P's books not referring to the same critter.

In the US we have extremely weakened unions. US Labor has been mostly 
apolitical and this may be the failure of Labor rather than the often 
misstated message of VL as the "students didn't connect with Labor." 
I don't think the thread from VL to AtD is strong enough to support 
the claim that AtD is further exploration of labor topics in VL.

I don't think there are *any* union members on this list.