GR translation: have been faces of children out the train windows

[Mike Jing]

That does fit rather nicely, seeing there are six bits each in the two
lists.  I also thought "instructing him," was a side clause continuing from
before the ellipsis, but was confused by the "have been" that follows.  It
still feels weird, but it seems to make sense.

On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 4:28 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> "seeing clearly in each an entry in a record, a history: his own"  In each
> "entry" of noticed refuse Slothrup sees a reference to himself, his history.
>
> "instructing him," is a side clause.
>
> "have been faces of children out the train windows, two bars of dance
> music somewhere (etc)" These are bits ofSlothrup's history that are evoked
> by each piece of refuse.
>
> Seeing clearly in each, a history. [They] have been faces (etc)...
>
> That's my read.
>
> David Morris
>
> On Sunday, August 30, 2015, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All of the detritus "have been," " in each,  an entry in a record, a
>> history: his own, his winter’s, his country’s "
>>
>> On Sunday, August 30, 2015, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> V626.3-15   . . . picking up rusted beer cans, rubbers yellow with
>>> preterite seed, Kleenex wadded to brain shapes hiding preterite snot,
>>> preterite tears, newspapers, broken glass, pieces of automobile, days when
>>> in superstition and fright he could make it all fit, seeing clearly in each
>>> an entry in a record, a history: his own, his winter’s, his country’s . . .
>>> instructing him, dunce and drifter, in ways deeper than he can explain,
>>> have been faces of children out the train windows, two bars of dance music
>>> somewhere, in some other street at night, needles and branches of a pine
>>> tree shaken clear and luminous against night clouds, one circuit diagram
>>> out of hundreds in a smudged yellowing sheaf, laughter out of a cornfield
>>> in the early morning as he was walking to school, the idling of a
>>> motorcycle at one dusk-heavy hour of the summer . . .
>>>
>>> How does "have been" fit into the overall structure of the sentence?
>>>
>>> I understand that it must be inverted.  is it something like this:
>>>
>>> faces of children out the train windows etc. have been instructing him
>>> in ways deeper than he can explain
>>>
>>> or something else entirely?
>>>
>>>
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