COL49 Group Read

[David Morris]

JKQ: “How are we to interpret the four images that come to Oedipa when she
first receives the letter (Mazatlan hotel door, sunrise over Cornell
western-facing slope, Bartok Concerto, Jay Gould bust)?”

 “Interpret” is probably exactly the misdirection Pynchon intended with
this list. I would say it’s more an invocation of disparate mood
evocations.  Don’t forget that one of the main subjects of this book is
futile searches for meaning

Pynchon seems to be trying his first stab at the Joycean pages-long
sentences that make GR so difficult and rich with poetry.  I am finding his
attempts at such complexity much less successful here (so far).

David Morris

On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 8:46 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> JKQ: “Is there a pattern to Pierce Inverarity's various voices in his
> cryptic phone call?”
>
> 1. Disembodied voice from a familiar person.
> 2. Familiar voice speaks with other voices, characters with their own
> individual messages.
> 3. Familiar voice is now dead, but has sent her on a mission now that he
> is passed over.
>
> Sounds a lot like a sound to a SEANCE  me.
>
> David Morris
>