Thomas Pynchon Returns to New York, Where He's Always Been

[Monte Davis]

Fair enough; at least it's a data point, albeit a 54-year-old one. My
objection is that Trotter doesn't qualify or caution (or, seemingly, think)
for even an instant before the jump from "things said about NYC in the books
of TRP, an author remarkable for taking on scores of voices and stances
within a few pages," to "OK, now we've established that TRP the man hates
NYC, let's ask."  

 

From: Ben Canard [mailto:bencanard2000 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:45 AM
To: Monte Davis; Pynchon List
Subject: Re: Thomas Pynchon Returns to New York, Where He's Always Been

 

Well maybe but there's a letter from circa 58-59 when P pretty much trashes
NYC, calling it phony, to put it in the simplest term. I guess, one might
say, he was in college, writing back to college friends while visiting the
city, and might have been posturing to entertain or he may have changed his
mind. Who knows? He seems to recall happy memories in for Hadju. 





 

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