Oct 4, 2011 8
Taking Refuge in Gravity’s Rainbow
“Um über die nachträgliche Abspannung der Nerven hinwegzukommen habe ich leider wieder zum Chloroform meine Zuflucht genommen. Die Wirkung war furchtbar.” – Georg Trakl, 1905
I’ve begun to re-immerse myself in the intricate and densely overwrought sprawl of Pynchon’s masterwork. I first read it some 28 years ago and must declare that it remains, then as now, worthy of my idolatrous devotion.
20th Century literature begins with Ulysses and ends with Gravity’s Rainbow. The rest is either commentary or reaction.