Gravity's Rainbow (Classics Deluxe Edition): (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Pynchon, Thomas
ISBN: 9780143039945
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A Penguin Classic

Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force.

This Penguin Classics deluxe edition features a specially designed cover by Frank Miller along with french claps and deckle-edged paper.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Pynchon, Thomas
  • ISBN: 9780143039945
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.36 x 1.30
  • Number Of Pages: 784
  • Publication Year: 2006

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  • Don't be scared!

    Rebecca R. - 5 years ago

    I started this book at least three separate times within a ten-year span before completing it, and can't wait for my next read-through. Pynchon's depth of knowledge is incredible, his prose always intriguing. The famous recluse seemingly has a working encyclopedic memory and, impressively, a deep understanding of rocket science that supposedly is 100% factually correct in the novel. The plot is zany and cartoonish, and Pynchon's many references and parodies of the WW2 era are lovingly rendered. Characterization sometimes takes a back seat to strict plot advancement, but if you've been considering this book at all in the past or just stumble upon it, give it a go!

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