Down with more prolegomena! Give me a V. .....

[Mark Kohut]

Which is why we begin the novel in the present at the apochier of the V?....where the history threads have led to.....



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From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Sent: Fri, June 11, 2010 10:49:36 AM
Subject: Re: Down with more prolegomena! Give me a V. .....

Of course, the "V." signifies the two different story threads of the novel, both receding into the distance. Like Pynchon's other titles, the naming of the text promotes multiple readings of the name of the text and of the novels as well.