Gravity's Rainbow (Classics Deluxe Edition): (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Penguin Classic Edition Contributor(s): Pynchon, Thomas (Author), Miller, Frank (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0143039946 ISBN-13: 9780143039945 Publisher: Penguin Group
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: November 2006 Annotation: 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 20th century as Joyce's "Ulysses" was to the first. Click for more in this series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Dystopian |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2006044847 |
Age Level: 18-UP |
Grade Level: 13-UP |
Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.54" W x 8.36" L (1.78 lbs) 784 pages |
Features: Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian |
Review Citations: Library Journal 11/01/2006 pg. 123 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 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. |
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