GR translation: white finality

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Not a simple meaning.  He's using the color white to mean not purity (as Westerner's tend to think of it), but death.  The inside of the zero is white (unlike the number one, which is all black).  So white implies nothingness and death.  And in saying the word "odd," there's maybe a flash of white teeth, so toss that into the mix of meanings.

Laura


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>From: Mike Jing <mikezjing at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 2, 2011 2:17 PM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: GR translation: white finality
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>P87.3-4  Odd, odd, odd--think of the word:such white finality in its closing clap of tongue.
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>What is the meaning of the the word "white" here in "white finality"?
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