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Gravity's Rainbow is a 1973 novel by the American writer Thomas Pynchon. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military.
Thomas Pynchon. 4.01. 45,258 ratings4,415 reviews. 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 20th century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first.
Gravity’s Rainbow is a 1973 historical satire by American novelist Thomas Pynchon, who is known for complex narratives that are often dense, fragmented, and episodic. The story is set during the last days of World War II as characters search for a mysterious rocket developed by the German military.
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 ...
This is the wiki for Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. Besides using the Alphabetical Index and the page-by-page annotation, you can also take a look at Gravity's Rainbow covers , read the reviews , or entertain some theories on the source of the title .
The story of Tyrone’s ancestor William Slothrop provides a key insight into the environmentalist politics of Gravity’s Rainbow. Having arrived in America on the Arbella with other Puritan ...
Gravity’s Rainbow, novel by Thomas Pynchon, published in 1973. The sprawling narrative comprises numerous threads having to do either directly or tangentially with the secret development and deployment of a rocket by the Nazis near the end of World War II.
Gravity's Rainbow. Thomas Pynchon. Penguin, Jun 13, 2012 - Fiction - 768 pages. Winner of the 1974 National Book Award"The most profound and accomplished American novel since the end of World War...
Complete summary of Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of Gravity's Rainbow.
Gravity's Rainbow. Thomas Pynchon. Viking Press, 1973 - Fiction - 760 pages. Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant...