BEER Group Read. Meeting cute Spoiler

[Robin Landseadel]

Temporarily exiled—Maxi manages to get back into her proper place  
before the novel is over.

It's a situation where a tribe once considered exiled has found a home  
in the UWS, I would say more so than Israel. The notion expressed in  
BE that everyone is so deep in the mess that one can't really pull  
oneself out applies to relationships as well. Maxi is in a different  
situation than the protagonists of other Pynchon novels—Maxi is  
notable for her knowledge and self-assurance. Atypical for the author.


>> From: Fiona Shnapple <fionashnapple at gmail.com>
>> To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 7:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: BEER Group Read. Meeting cute
>>
>> But she is not, as the schlemiel is not, really chosen. The  
>> schlemiel is one
>> sent away from G-d, and the schlimazel, also a P protagonist, is  
>> born under
>> a bad star.  So, Jewish, chosen, but not elect but a castaway. This  
>> puts
>> them in good company in American fiction. See CLR James on Melville


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