A Brazilian journalist interviewed a bunch of Pynchon's exes

[John Bailey]

I was being glib, Natalia, hope you didn't take the comment as criticism.
You've probably written the most substantial piece of Pynchon-journalism
this century.

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 6:44 AM, Natália Portinari <
natalia.portinari at gmail.com> wrote:

> hey,
>
> yes, 500 is exaggerated, it includes terms that aren't necessarily
> characters. I used this (as far as I remember):
>
> http://russillosm.com/grindex.html
>
> so, the A4 is not a proper character, for instance, but I thought it
> wouldn't make sense to keep it out and then include something like "M.F.
> Beal", which is just a reference and actually less of a character than the
> A4, if you know what I mean, even in a traditional narrative sense.
>
> and thanks to everyone who said they liked it, it took a lot of work!
>
> best,
>
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Douglas Holm <dkholm at mac.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> There is an index to the characters in *Gravity’s Rainbow* published in
>> an academic journal from the University of California, Davis, but I don’t
>> have the specs, because I trimmed it down and pasted it into the back of my
>> hardcover edition of the book. The index is four pages long with dual
>> columns. I could make a PDF of it if anyone is interested. There are about
>> 40 names per column so if my arithmetic is adequate there are roughly 320
>> characters in the book.
>>
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>> On Jun 12, 2017, at 7:29 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Great find Bruno. Also pleased to note that the mythical figure of 400+
>> characters in Gravity's Rainbow has now expanded to more than 500! Also
>> pretty sure that the supposed 500 of us here on the P-list is an equally
>> fictional number.
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> That was a fun read. Great last line.
>>> Thanks Bruno.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12-Jun-17 5:24 PM, Bruno wrote:
>>>
>>> Well, I just found out that there is an English version of the article:
>>> http://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/the-fake-hermit/
>>>
>>> 2017-06-12 11:09 GMT-05:00 Bruno <bruno.laze at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> http://www.jornalopcao.com.br/colunas-e-blogs/imprensa/repor
>>>> ter-da-piaui-ouve-colegas-amigos-e-tradutores-e-traca-perfil
>>>> -de-thomas-pynchon-96389/
>>>>
>>>> On occasion of Bleeding Edge's publishing in Brazil, Natália Portinari
>>>> interviewed many of TRP's ex-girlfriends. Apparently he was fond of married
>>>> women.
>>>>
>>>
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