Then occasionally something batshit crazy happens and everyone barely reacts.Used Like New (1 available) Used book that is in almost brand-new condition. It's just overhearing random bits of conversation that seems almost interesting but before any dive into the substance or depth occurs, we are off to a new place. At the midpoint of Thomas Pynchons historical novel Mason & Dixon (1997), the eponymous protagonists pause in their task of drawing the Mason-Dixon line to. I guess the whole book just seems unfocused. Mason and Dixon rarely react to any of this stuff I guess it showed up at the end because they heard it and saw its feet, but. I just finished a chapter where they are discussing the golem the native Americans built. The novel describes their work in Africa and America, and traces their relationship. I stopped trying to decide how literally to take this stuff about halfway through and just go with it from a narrative point of view, but I still don't understand the point of any of it. Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon, unknown edition.
Maybe I'm too dumb to understand what it's actually trying to say or do, but things like the Learned English Dog or the invisible mechanical duck. Then there's all the absurdist stuff happening. I guess it's just meant to be a broad trawl through American and British culture, but it rarely seems to draw any conclusions or discuss stuff in any real depth. It seems to just be loosely following Mason and Dixon as they encounter random events.
If you aren't in the loop, he will leave it to you to look it up yourself.Īpart from that though, I just don't get this book. He will discuss certain subjects without having the characters stop to explain it. He's also not afraid to let the audience learn on their own. I actually took a break at one point and read some random excerpts from Gravity's Rainbow and even out of context his writing style is fantastic. I'll get the positives out of the way first: his writing style is phenomenal at times.
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