GR translation: all she was trying to do was reach

[Paul Mackin]

On 11/8/2011 5:02 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> reach (figuratively) towards a possible answer.

Also, a man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for.


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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Jing<gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Nov 8, 2011 4:55 PM
>> To: Pynchon Mailing List<pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Subject: GR translation: all she was trying to do was reach
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>> P162.13-16  “Not produce,” she tried, “not cause. It all goes along
>> together. Parallel, not series. Metaphor. Signs and symptoms. Mapping
>> on to different coordinate systems, I don’t know . . .” She didn’t
>> know, all she was trying to do was reach.
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>> What is the meaning of "reach" here?
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