“Rumors, of course, exist that Pynchon doesn’t exist at all. Or if he does exist, that he didn’t write the books.” “According to the author of Remedios Varo: Unexpected Journeys, Pynchon saw Bordando el Manto Terrestre (“Embroidering Earth’s Mantle”) when, as part of the first full retrospective of the painter’s work, it was displayed at … Continue reading The Pynchon Code and Society