The Snow Leopard!...Is that a major source of Pynchon's buddhism?

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Pynchon endorsed Matthiessen's Far Tortuga, 1975. Starts with "I've enjoyed everything I ever read by Matthiessen [...}". See Mead's, page 46.

Michel.

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Van: Pynchon-l <pynchon-l-bounces at waste.org> Namens Mark Kohut
Verzonden: woensdag 9 maart 2022 19:41
Aan: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
CC: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Onderwerp: Re: The Snow Leopard!...Is that a major source of Pynchon's buddhism?

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On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 1:25 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> I’m not aware of what book you mean.  Of course the animal is an 
> amazing real creature in Himalayans.  I think it’s on the stamp shown 
> on the cover of ATD…
>
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 1:18 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Did we know before this recent piece that he had read this book 
>> evidently moved?
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