TR . . sure Gaddis is christian in perverse way (shade of gray)

[Michael Bailey]

the passage actually starts as
Now the next morning Peter took my brothers and me with him, and we
went down to the harbour to bathe in the sea, and thereafter we
retired to a certain secret place for prayer. But a certain poor old
man, a workman, as he appeared by his dress, began to observe us
eagerly,


so it would've been a group scene (not to mention the workman in a dress)


 Erik T. Burns  wrote:
>>Then the old man proceeded to say: "I saw you bathe in the sea, and
>>afterwards retire into a secret place; wherefore observing, without
>>your noticing me, what you were doing, I saw you praying.
>
> hmm, this is also of Bloom on the Strand in the Nausicaa section of Ulysses.
> another profanation of the sacred, if you roll that way.
>
> (*mind blown by the idea that Joyce + Gaddis both reworked Clement into the
> twin peaks of 20th C. literature. Now all I need to find is a Pynchon scene
> where masturbation reveals secret messages and ... oh ... wait...*)
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 6:59 AM, Michael Bailey
> <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > there are probably more things in CR worth knowing in conjunction with
>> > a read of TR (not to mention that reading both, one appreciates the
>> > latter work more)
>> >
>>
>> that is either snarky or pretentious of a knowledge I don't possess, or
>> both
>>
>> I meant it as snarky: TR is just a lot more fun to read!
>
>



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