LISS/STEPVR defenestration

[Jochen Stremmel]

Sorry, but it's a sweet defenestration.

Am Fr., 17. Apr. 2020 um 15:36 Uhr schrieb Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com
>:

> On my first reread with my sometimes overintense questioning, yes the
> defenestration bothered me.
>
> Why? Confused as to place it in context. Context of themes, etc.
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:20 PM Raphael Saltwood <
> PlainMrBotanyB at outlook.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > 1) does the defenestration strike a jarring note?
> > Defend or what would you put there?
> >
> > Yes. Got to start somewhere, though.
> >
> > "Something publicly crazy" - bordering on magical realism; poesy's
> license
> > acting on "the hoops people have to jump through to get government help"
> >
> > what aspects of society does he encounter?
> > his dog
> > the bluejays (vogelfrei)
> > The Vineland Mall
> > a convoy of Winnebagos with disparagement of his drag costume
> > loggers
> > the lingering effects of Star Wars
> > TV crew
> > Cucumber Lounge
> > a buddy (van Meter)
> > the Mafia in the person of Ralph Wayvone
> > and Hector
> >
> > could you put something else instead of a defenestration?
> >
> > I'm hard pressed to think of a better beginning. How about he umm...
> >
> > In terms of Zoyd having done this every year and this year being
> > different, it compares a bit to "Groundhog Day" (favorably, imho, since
> > although I liked Groundhog Day I'm not a howling fan of it)
> >
> > It also links up with the beginning of V., intertextual with his own
> > previous work.
> >
> > Echoes from the past:
> >
> > From:   "Meg Larson"
> > To:     "Pynchlist"
> > Subject: VLVL(1)--Chapter 1 summary
> > Date:   Sat, 19 Sep 1998 12:53:04 -0400
> >
> > Zoyd goes through the window, immediately sensing something ain't right;
> > Hector, trying to prove he's still bad, picks up a shard of glass and
> > proceeds to eat it.  Zoyd remembers reading in the _TV Guide_ "about
> stunt
> > windows made out of clear sheet candy " (12.16), and it turns out that
> > Ralph
> > Jr. had the real glass window replaced with the candy window.  Hector
> > splits, leaving Zoyd to contemplate the reason for this meeting tomorrow
> > with the DEA agent, who had spent years trying to get Zoyd to turn into a
> > narc, and which so far, Zoyd has resisted.  He knows that one day, "just
> to
> > have some peace, he'd say forget it and go over" (12.35).  Chapter ends
> > with
> > Zoyd comparing this situation to Wheel of Fortune, only without "Vanna
> > White
> > at the corner of his vision to cheer on the Wheel, to wish him well, to
> > flip
> > over the letters of a message he knew he didn't want to read anyway"
> > (13.2-4).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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