NP | ZK translation: into the pitch of street noise

[Mike Jing]

Thanks, Paul and Becky. That could very well be the case.


On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> The pitch in music is the highness or lowness of a tone -   it’s created
> by the rate of vibrations producing it.
>
> Nice choice of words again because there are lots of kinds of vibrations
> in the street many of which make noise.   DeLillo is a brilliant wordsmith.
>
> Becky
> https://beckylindroos.wordpress.com
>
> > On Nov 10, 2017, at 4:42 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > P207.20-208.5   Here we are, all this and more, things that normally
> escape the inquiring eye, a single searching look, so much to see, each of
> us looking at both of us, and then we shake it all off and walk down four
> flights into the pitch of street noise that tells us we’re back among the
> others, in unsparing space.
> >
> > In what sense is the word "pitch" used here?
> >
>
>
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