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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.
Oct 31, 2006 · 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 ...
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.
Nov 17, 2011 · Gravity's rainbow. by. Pynchon, Thomas, b. 1947. Publication date. 1973. Topics. World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction, Americans -- Europe -- Fiction, Rockets (Ordnance) -- Fiction, Rocketry -- Fiction, Soldiers -- Fiction, Europe -- Fiction. Publisher.
Jun 6, 2024 · 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.
Jun 13, 2012 · A few months after the Germans’ secret V-2 rocket bombs begin falling on London, British Intelligence discovers that a map of the city pinpointing the sexual conquests of one Lieutenant Tyrone Slothrop, U.S. Army, corresponds identically to a map showing the V-2 impact sites.
Jun 13, 2012 · 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...
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...
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...
Feb 23, 2023 · 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 .
