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Gravity's Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670348325
- ISBN 13
- 9780670348329
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Viking, January 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good+/Good. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. used hardcover in dust jacket. Front flap: [$15 / 'A screaming comes across the sky....'/ Jacket Design By Marc Getter / 0273]. Flap is not price-clipped. Rear Cover: [The Viking Press Publishers New York SBN 670-34832-5]. Copyright Page: 'First published in 1973 in a hardbound and paperbound edition...', no further printings mentioned. Front board blind-embossed with arc design. Jacket is somewhat worn about the edges, no tears. discoloration along lower edge of front jacket, base of spine, and parts of rear jacket, presumably from tape. spine and red topstain of textblock mildly sunfaded/rubbed. prev. owner's name at top right of ffep. front hinge showing, binding remains strong. rubbing to lower corner of textblock. pages and are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Magus Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1381190
- Title
- Gravity's Rainbow
- Author
- Thomas Pynchon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670348325
- ISBN 13
- 9780670348329
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- January 1973
- Pages
- 76
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