A Brazilian journalist interviewed a bunch of Pynchon's exes

[John Bailey]

Natalia wrote the piece this thread is all about.

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 1:10 PM, jesse gooch <jlguuch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Wait, so is there something you wrote?
>
> On Jun 13, 2017, at 11:08 PM, Natália Portinari <
> natalia.portinari at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> yeah man. I don't, that's why I write stuff like that, I guess. a lot of
> professional stalking and Facebook-lurking.
>
> John, of course I didn't take it as criticism. but it's fun to debate the
> number (what's a character in a novel like GR anyway?). and there's some
> translation mistakes in my piece, too, they're being corrected one at a
> time, so please point out things that are weird...
>
> Em 13 de jun de 2017 23:35, "jesse gooch" <jlguuch at gmail.com> escreveu:
>
> What piece of journalism is this? Natalia’s I mean. A google search just
> goes to her FB page and I feel weird looking through strangers’s FB pages.
>
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> On Jun 13, 2017, at 9:59 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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>> --
>> *Natália Portinari*
>> (11) 982-898-408
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