ZK translation: contoured windows
Jochen Stremmel
jstremmel at gmail.com
Tue Oct 31 05:42:50 CDT 2017
When you scroll down to the middle there's this:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/don-delillo-zero-k_us_57291880e4b016f37893feae
2017-10-31 11:38 GMT+01:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>:
> https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&safe=active&hl=en&
> authuser=0&biw=1324&bih=875&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=B1L4WZHeKsiCmQGA1qDIDw&q=%
> 22Contoured+windows%22&oq=%22Contoured+windows%22&gs_l=
> psy-ab.12...18150.21963.0.24143.13.13.0.0.0.0.134.1012.
> 11j1.12.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..1.8.712...0j0i8i7i30k1j0i67k1j0i7i30k1j0
> i13k1.0.v_FWjjcwCLs
>
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 4:08 AM, Jamie McKittrick <jamiemckit at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Could be like like the contours on topographical maps which resemble the
>> warped surface of old panes of glass.
>>
>> https://archive.cnx.org/resources/c1a53733e85627f1bff76acac1
>> db3c42f5611efd/Picture%201.png
>>
>> https://sjskogerboe.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/cabin-window_-warped.jpg
>>
>> Or it could be an allusion to the cosmetics practice of defining shape
>> through shade, although this I doubt.
>>
>> http://beverlyhillsmd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Contour
>> Highlight2.jpg
>>
>> Sorry to hear about the GR translation, Mike. That sucks. But this is
>> good news at least. I'll try to help where I can.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 7:56 AM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> P3.1-4 Everybody wants to own the end of the world.
>>> This is what my father said, standing by the contoured windows in
>>> his New York office—private wealth management, dynasty trusts, emerging
>>> markets.
>>>
>>> What are "contoured windows" exactly?
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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