Pynchon knows firsthand because she admits to being the aggressor in past workplace confrontations.
As proof of this, Pynchon sites that women are now 50% of all law students.
Mr Pynchon is fascinated by big issues, usually of a scientific nature, such as time and space.
Victoria Pynchon is an attorney who practiced commercial litigation for 25 years.
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But early exposure to Donald Barthelme and Thomas Pynchon, opened his eyes to the power of fiction to address what was so confusing in life.
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Looking back, Pynchon says she knew what she was saying was over the line and would have handled it differently had the associate called her on it.
Compared with Ferrante, Thomas Pynchon is a publicity profligate.
Instead of lashing out when challenged, she pauses to notice "the moment, maybe just a nanosecond, when you make the decision whether you're going to blow up or walk away, " says Ms. Pynchon.
When Ms. Pynchon realized after 12 years as a lawyer that her work stress was fueling health problems, she shifted gears and began writing fiction to "re-connect with my creative spirit, " she says.
The smart and entertaining result, published in 1987 when Wallace was 24, is covered in the fingerprints of his literary heroes, particularly Mr Pynchon but also Don DeLillo (with whom he went on to enjoy an epistolary friendship).
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