NP but on BUDDENBROOKS. which AtD has always seemed related to.

[Mark Kohut]

"On the other hand, its intricate descriptions of things and feelings
have a decadent sweetness that tips the balance towards a sense of
fall, decay and degradation. After all, the novel is subtitled "The
Decline of a Family". This sense of unstoppable decline made me think
of the scientific concept of "entropy"."
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Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l