True Grit: North is Not Up?

[jochen stremmel]

I would say yes, it's truer to the book in many ways than the Wayne movie.

And to have Dog of the South ahead of you ... what a pleasure!

Jochen



2011/9/8 Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com>:
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> Foax
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> Read Charles Portis's 'True Grit' on holiday. What a revelation. Just got back and ordered two more Portis books ('Dog of the South' & 'Norwood').
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> Noticed this wee Pynchon resonance in 'True Grit':
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> We turned left off the Fort Gibson Road and headed south, back down toward the Arkansas river. I say "down". South is not "down" any more than north is "up". I have seen maps carried by emigrants going to California that showed west at the top and east at the bottom.
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> [Pynchon: "And if going up is like going north,..." ]
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> How did Portis fans rate the Coen Brothers film? Worth watching?
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> Cheers
> JC
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