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Gravity's Rainbow
by Thomas Pynchon
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good, tight square binding, light edgewear, sunning to edges, some rubbing, soiling to wraps and text block, creasing to sp
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1973. First Paperback Edition. Softcover octavo, illustrated wraps, 760 pp. Very Good, tight square binding, light edgewear, sunning to edges, some rubbing, soiling to wraps and text block, creasing to spine.. First paperback edition of Pynchon's magnum opus, published alongside Viking's First cloth edition.
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
- Better Read Than Dead
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 689
- Title
- Gravity's Rainbow
- Author
- Thomas Pynchon
- Format/Binding
- Softcover octavo, illustrated wraps, 760 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good, tight square binding, light edgewear, sunning to edges, some rubbing, soiling to wraps and text block, creasing to sp
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Pynchon, post-modernism, doorstop
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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