COL49 Group Read

[Mark Kohut]

I am finding them as good as Portrait of the Artist....

On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 10:58 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
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