ATD, page 609 question/discussion

[Monte Davis]

I read it more literally. Lew is leaving TWIT's Chunxton Crescent (London)
premises for the suburb of Stuffed Edge; "evening is gathering," and at the
train station he sees weary commuters. He projects onto them his own
family-less-ness and need for grace.


On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Alex Nunez <penarecords at gmail.com> wrote:

> "The first pale husbands of the evening stood waiting for suburban trains
> never meant to arrive at any destination on the rail map—as if, to be
> brought to any shelter this night, one would first have to step across
> into some region of grace hitherto undefined." (Page 609)
>
> I'm confused as to the meaning of this sentence/image in Against The Day,
> page 609. The only way I can make sense of it is that the "pale husbands"
> are grieving widows waiting for the return of their lost, departed loved
> ones and the only way they can return to them is by making a step across
> into some otherworldly region/space/dimension/etc. Anyone care to offer
> some help/an interpretation?
>
>
>
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