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Gravity's Rainbow
by Pynchon, Thomas
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1973. First edition. Fine/Near Fine. A Fine copy of the book with a previous owner's bookplate on the front end paper, otherwise clean and unmarked. In a bright, Near Fine dust jacket that is price clipped, but otherwise presents very well. The author's third book, winner of the National Book Award and the William Dean Howell Award and published in an edition of just 4,000 copies.
Pynchon's post-modern masterpiece, a rich, vertiginous book of sometimes frustrating complexity. Written in 1973, and set at the end of World War II, Gravity's Rainbow would be awarded both the National Book Award and be selected for the Pulitzer Prize. (Although it was denied the latter by the Pulitzer board on account of a particularly controversial passage.) Writing in The New Yorker, poet L. E. Sissman called Pynchon a "mathematician of prose" - and this is considered his greatest work. Gravity's Rainbow appears on Time's list of the 100 greatest English language novels written from 1923 to 2005. "A work of paranoid genius, a magnificent necropolis" (Contemporary New York Times review). Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Pynchon's post-modern masterpiece, a rich, vertiginous book of sometimes frustrating complexity. Written in 1973, and set at the end of World War II, Gravity's Rainbow would be awarded both the National Book Award and be selected for the Pulitzer Prize. (Although it was denied the latter by the Pulitzer board on account of a particularly controversial passage.) Writing in The New Yorker, poet L. E. Sissman called Pynchon a "mathematician of prose" - and this is considered his greatest work. Gravity's Rainbow appears on Time's list of the 100 greatest English language novels written from 1923 to 2005. "A work of paranoid genius, a magnificent necropolis" (Contemporary New York Times review). Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.
Synopsis
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon, Jr. is an American novelist. TIME Magazine included the novel in its "All-Time 100 Greatest Novels," a list of the best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. This novel; Gravity’s Rainbow is a fabulous work of hysterical realism. The story takes place primarily in Europe at the conclusion of World War II. The narrative centers on Tyrone Slothrop who is an American on a mission to locate V-2 rockets that have been manufactured by the German military. The novel describes misadventures of several unusual characters and illustrates the struggle between those who rebel against the war and those who suppress their identity in order to be able to better serve. Although fictional, the story seamlessly integrates actual historical events into the plot. A fascinating work of penetrating analysis regarding the impact technology makes upon society. Nebula Award Nominee for Novel (1973) , National Book Award for Fiction (1974) , William Dean Howells Award
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- Bookseller
- Whitmore Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4700
- Title
- Gravity's Rainbow
- Author
- Pynchon, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- A screaming comes across the sky...
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