{"id":491,"date":"2007-02-20T14:02:57","date_gmt":"2007-02-20T14:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2007\/02\/20\/the-against-the-day-deathmarch-week-4\/"},"modified":"2007-02-20T14:02:57","modified_gmt":"2007-02-20T14:02:57","slug":"the-against-the-day-deathmarch-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capellman.com\/cecil1215b\/2007\/02\/20\/the-against-the-day-deathmarch-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Against the Day Deathmarch, Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

The trail is thick, I say thick! with boots. Great to have such a rich collection of folks to share the journey with. And nice to feel like we’re starting to make some real forward progress.
\nI’ve been thinking a lot this week about the way that Pynchon plays us. He’s got a great feel for when he can bring on the thick stuff, and when he should throw us some candy. I remember Part II of GR<\/i> starting beautifully (was it the Casino and the Octopus mebbe?). Like a reward for getting past the first 100 pages or so. Similarly, the first big stretch of Iceland Spar<\/i> was a great run of “yeah — that’s why I’m reading this book!” Around page 150, my head started to cave in. I was reading sentences three times. Felt a little bit like I was back in GR<\/i>‘s London with the rockets falling. And then right as the pressure behind my eyes started to build, we’re off to Yale, meeting the various Vibes, humming along with Mischief in Mexico<\/i>.
\nAnother kind of manipulation: Around page 167, as Yitzhak Zilberfeld began to lapse into a stereotype, I wrote in the margin: “is he trying to make us uncomfortable?” And yeah, I’d have to guess he is.
\nDon’t forget to search for “Steve Evans” in the W3 comments to find his hugely helpful fly-over of last week’s reading. You can also jump straight to it right here<\/b><\/a>.
\nTuesday 2\/27:<\/b> Let’s dry our socks out on page 232, where someone’s “pretend(ing) to lament.”
\n(in other words: please use this thread to comment on anything up to page 232. Try to finish reading that part of the book and to comment on it here by end o’ day next Monday)<\/i>
\nPugnax!
\n-Cecil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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