True Grit: North is Not Up?

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You're going to love Dog of the South.


The movie's good, Jeff Bridges particularly.





-----Original Message-----
From: Carvill John <johncarvill at hotmail.com>
To: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wed, Sep 7, 2011 11:36 pm
Subject: True Grit: North is Not Up?



Foax

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').


Noticed this wee Pynchon resonance in 'True Grit':

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.

[Pynchon: "And if going up is like going north,..." ]


How did Portis fans rate the Coen Brothers film? Worth watching?

Cheers
JC



 		 	   		  

 
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