LISS/STEPVR defenestration

[Mark Kohut]

I agree.

This was a confession.

On Fri, Apr 17, 2020 at 10:01 AM Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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