Re: GR translation: you whose interdiction from her mother’s water-white love is absolute

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Alex, Mark, and Ian.

Does it refer to Margherita's love for her daughter, or is it
something else? I'm still not sure how the interdiction works.

And the word "unable", of course.

On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ergo, pure.
>
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 3:43 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Water-white | Definition of Water-white by Merriam-Webster
>>
>> https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water-white
>>
>> Define water-white: approaching water in colorlessness and clarity —
>> water- white in a sentence.
>>
>> it is actually, also, a 'color' of a finish:
>>
>> Bob Flexner Explains 'Water-white' (Really, it's Clear)
>>
>>
>> www.popularwoodworking.com/woodworking.../the-meaning-of-the-term-water-whit...
>>
>> Feb 28, 2017 - You've likely seen the term "water-white" on a can of
>> finish – but what does it mean, and how will that look on the wood? Bob
>> Flexner explains.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 11:12 PM, <alexhakkinen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Water-white, I'd imagine, meaning  "froth", like "white-water rapids".
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
>>>   Original Message
>>> From: Mike Jing
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 1, 2017 07:45
>>> To: Pynchon Mailing List
>>> Subject: GR translation: you whose interdiction from her mother’s
>>> water-white love is absolute
>>>
>>> V472.30-39, P480.25-35 Of all her putative fathers—Max Schlepzig and
>>> masked extras on one side of the moving film, Franz Pökler and
>>> certainly other pairs of hands busy through trouser cloth, that
>>> Alpdrücken Night, on the other—Bianca is closest, this last possible
>>> moment below decks here behind the ravening jackal, closest to you who
>>> came in blinding color, slouched alone in your own seat, never
>>> threatened along any rookwise row or diagonal all night, you whose
>>> interdiction from her mother’s water-white love is absolute, you,
>>> alone, saying sure I know them, omitted, chuckling count me in,
>>> unable, thinking probably some hooker . . . She favors you, most of
>>> all. You’ll never get to see her. So somebody has to tell you.
>>>
>>> Is this interdiction between you and her mother's love, i.e. you are
>>> interdicted by something else from her mother's love, or is it that
>>> you are interdicted by her mother's love for her from doing something?
>>>
>>> Also, what does "water-white" imply? And what does "unable" mean here
>>> exactly?
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