One ofThe Atlantic’s Great American Novels
“A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force.” —San Francisco Examiner
The Crying of Lot 49 is Thomas Pynchon's highly original classic satire of modern America, about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in what would appear to be an international conspiracy.
When her ex-lover, wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity, dies and designates her the coexecutor of his estate, California housewife Oedipa Maas is thrust into a paranoid mystery of metaphors, symbols, and the United States Postal Service. Traveling across Southern California, she meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge.
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The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self knowledge.
“[A] spectacular tale. . . . The work of a virtuoso with prose. . . . His intricate symbolic order is akin to that of Joyce'sUlysses. -Chicago Tribune
“The comedy crackles, the puns pop, the satire explodes.” -New York Times
“A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force.” -San Francisco Examiner
“Pynchon is again whispering something in our ear about the meaning of coincidence, the possibility of recurrence in history, and the circularity of time. . . . .The Crying of Lot 49is one of those mystery novels that can’t be solved.” -New York Review of Books
“Remarkable. . . .The Crying of Lot 49resembles metaphysical poetry in the range of its allusions and the curiosity of its creator. Consequently, lĂ(
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