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The End of History? Thomas Pynchon and the Uses of the Past

1979; Duke University Press; Volume: 25; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/441400

2325-8101

Steven Weisenburger,

Contemporary Literature and Criticism

Begin with the irrational pleasure of pure coincidence. During the morning hours of May 8, 1945, a quarter-million people spilled into Times Square, off-duty workers and furloughed servicemen generally, many of them quite drunk. Beneath a threatening sky, the New York City Police managed to control this restive crowd for an hour after President Truman's V-E Day proclamation, then they turned it loose.