Sentence:  I've never gone through a place like Racine without thinking which house with the rubber-tire swing for kids and piano-practicing inside was like Stiva Lausch's, who had two daughters brought up with every refinement, including piano lessons, and how such little-speaking Odessa-bred sons had gotten on a track like this through the <WSD>multiverse</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The world, considered as lacking in purpose, design, or predictability.