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'''a brick labyrinth that had been a harmonica factory'''<br>
Jorge Louis Borges, who has been mentioned in this section, has one book entitled ''Labyrinths''. A harmonica player is a musician. Musicians are
artists in favor in Pynchon's vision.<br>
Harmonicas turn up again in ''Against the Day''.
 
'''the smell of freshly brewed mate'''<br />
''Yerba mate'' is the national drink of Argentina. It is also popular in Paraguay, Uruguay and southern Brazil. It reportedly creates a mental state of wakefulness, focus and alertness reminiscent of most stimulants, but lacks the negative effects typically created by other such compounds, such as anxiety, diarrhea, "jitteriness", and heart palpitations. According to the classical Argentine way, the act of drinking yerba mate is a highly stylized, ritualistic process:
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