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Gravity's Rainbow.
de PYNCHON, Thomas
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New York: The Viking Press,, 1973. Arguably the most important literary text since Ulysses First edition, first printing, in the desirable hardback issue. This postmodern epic won the 1973 US National Book Award and was selected to win the 1974 Pulitzer Prize, a decision that was blocked by the prize's advisory board owing to the work's explicit content. Gravity's Rainbow is "often considered as the postmodern novel, redefining both postmodernism and the novel in general" (Pöhlmann). Pynchon's biographer declared it "one of the great historical novels of our time and arguably the most important literary text since Ulysses" (Tanner, p. 75). The paperback issue was published simultaneously. Octavo. Original orange cloth, spine lettered in red, rainbow blocked in blind on front cover, top edge orange. With dust jacket. Photographic cloudy background across frontispiece and title page. Faint splash mark to top edge, internally clean; unclipped jacket with slight creases and one or two nicks, spine and front panel sunned: a near-fine copy in very good jacket. Sascha Pöhlmann, "Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow", The Literary Encyclopedia, 24 Oct. 2006, accessible online; Tony Tanner, Thomas Pynchon, 1982.
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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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- Gravity's Rainbow.
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- PYNCHON, Thomas
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Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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