Beneath the rubato of the day abided a stern pulse beating on, ineluctable, unforgiving, whereby whatever was evaded or put off now had to be made up for later, and at a higher level of intensity.

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Thomas Pynchon was a contemporary American novelist. Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. is an American novelist. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • Music — The universal language of melody, rhythm, and harmony

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