Monthly Archives: March 2021

Having finished the book, I can finally attempt to collect my thoughts on this. To me, Housekeeping is, at least secondarily, a book about barriers, or rather, about thresholds. Lines in need of crossing, or not to be crossed. Ruthie … Continue reading →

Hi I should say again that I love this novel. I know I’ve said that before, but I want to make sure I said it again before I continue. I think it is brilliant, I think Marilynne Robinson’s prose is … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking in regards to our last question for this blog about our current book Housekeeping and how it’s actually enjoyable to read despite being something that was assigned which is something that I can’t say has ever happened. … Continue reading →

Sylvie represents an alternative to conventional housekeeping. Unlike the traditional image of the homemaker, she has never been rooted to a place, to a home, or to possessions. Until she appears to care for Lucille and Ruth, she has been … Continue reading →

So I know I just posted something, and logically I should save this so that I can post it as next week’s thing, but I want to get it down before I forget, before it warps itself in my memory … Continue reading →

This is Benton writing this, in case it doesn’t show up like it should. You’d probably have been able to tell anyway. I know we’ve kind of moved on to Housekeeping, which I do have thoughts on, but I keep … Continue reading →

One thing in The Crying of Lot 49 that had me questioning if everything was actually happening or was all in Oedipa’s head was the fact that she went to San Narciso to deal with the loose ends of Pierce’s … Continue reading →

When wrapping up my thoughts on The Crying of Lot 49, I couldn’t help but toss around the idea that the book could be used to pretty effectively argue in favor of nihilism. Oedipa struggles and struggles against the world … Continue reading →

In having unreliability all throughout The Crying of Lot 49, Pynchon creates a strange relationship between Oedipa and the reader, one that suspends disbelief in places while doing the opposite in others. This is the case with Tristero: are Oedipa’s … Continue reading →

Conspiracies took control of the novel, “The Crying of Lot 49”, even from the first chapter of the book when Oedipa must uncover the reason why she would have been named the executor of a will that belonged to an … Continue reading →