Gravity's Rainbow (Classics Deluxe Edition) (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) [Paperback]

A Penguin Classic

Winner of the 1973 National Book Award,Gravity's Rainbowis a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce'sUlysseswas to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force.

This Penguin Classics deluxe edition features a specially designed cover by Frank Miller along with french claps and deckle-edged paper.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Winner of the National Book Award in FictionThomas Pynchonis the author ofV.,The Crying of Lot 49,Gravity's Rainbow,Slow Learner, a collection of short stories,Vineland,Mason and Dixonand, most recently,Against the Day. He received the National Book Award forGravity's Rainbowin 1974.

Frank Milleris the author and illustrator ofSin Cityand the 1986 Batman comicThe Dark Knight Returns, which is regarded as a milestone in the superhero genre.

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