ATD 821-848
- Please keep these annotations SPOILER-FREE by not revealing information from later pages in the novel.
Contents
- 1 Page XX
- 2 Page 821
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- 4 Page 823
- 5 Page 824
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- 8 Page 827
- 9 Page 828
- 10 Page 829
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- 30 Annotation Index
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Sample entry
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Jacintha Drulov
The surname suggests the necessity of wiping the "drool off" the gentlemen's chins.
Lady Quethlock
???
Zhenski Tzrnogorski Institut
Montenegrin Female Institute. To anyone neither a Serb nor a Croat, the Serbian and Croatian languages appear to differ only in the alphabet used to write them: Cyrillic (similar to Russian) for the Serbian aspect, Roman for the Croatian. This name is definitely transliterated from Cyrillic letters, hence comes from Serbian (Женски Црногорски Институт, I believe)—the corresponding Croatian name would have been Ženski Crnogorski Institut. Its identification as a Tsarist institution on page 824 supports Serbian, too. The "tz" signals an origin in pre-standardization times and may therefore indicate that Pynchon has found a real school. --Volver 08:32, 21 January 2007 (PST)
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Baden-Powell
Pronounced BAY-den POLE (other branches of the family say POOL). British officer who after service in the Boer Wars founded the Boy Scouts.
Applied Idiotics
I suggest this is a minor theme of AtD. Every couple of chapters we have a reference to someone learning to act like an idiot (never a fool, a zany, an imbecile, a twit—always an idiot). Is there a connection to the notion of the "holy fool" here? --Volver 08:17, 21 January 2007 (PST)
Chipping Sodbury
A real town in the west of England, birthplace of J. K. Rowling. Throughout AtD "sod" is a derogatory name for sodomite, homosexual.
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a Tsarist school
See the annotation to page 822.
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Black Hand
Street name for "Union or Death" (Уједињење или Смрт, Ujedinjenje ili Smrt), founded 1911, secret society to promote formation of a Greater Serbia. I.e., freedom fighters or terrorists depending on your point of view.
Evidenzbüro
Another information-collating agency. German: evidence office.
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Careva Ulica
Croatian: Emperor Street.
Žilavka
A wine from Macedonia.
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Annotation Index
| Part One: The Light Over the Ranges |
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| Part Two: Iceland Spar |
119-148, 149-170, 171-198, 199-218, 219-242, 243-272, 273-295, 296-317, 318-335, 336-357, 358-373, 374-396, 397-428 |
| Part Three: Bilocations |
429-459, 460-488, 489-524, 525-556, 557-587, 588-614, 615-643, 644-677, 678-694 |
| Part Four: Against the Day |
695-723, 724-747, 748-767, 768-791, 792-820, 821-848, 849-863, 864-891, 892-918, 919-945, 946-975, 976-999, 1000-1017, 1018-1039, 1040-1062 |
| Part Five: Rue du Départ |
