M&D - Chapter 19-21 - The Father

[Elisabeth Romberg]

There is a bit of role reversal at the bottom of page 191, betwixt Mason and his father.
«He now began to quiz himself insomniac with this, wond’ring if his father had struggled thus with Mason’s own earlier questions about the World. He invested Precious Sleep in the Question, and saw not a Farthing’s Dividend"»


> 30. mar. 2015 kl. 20.48 skrev Elisabeth Romberg <eromberg at mac.com>:
> 
> This chapter is a real close up on Mason. From the shoe-buckle to internal dialogue and memories of his father.
> On page 191 there are two hints that lead us to think Mason (regularly?) took a beating from his father, right?
> 
> But Leather and Bone? Should it not’ve said Leather and Flesh?
> 
> -
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l

-
Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l