Slow Learner - Couverture souple

Pynchon, Thomas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0553249622 ISBN 13 : 9780553249620

Editeur : Bantam Books, 1990

Synopsis

Book by Pynchon Thomas

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Slow Learner is a compilation of early stories written between 1959 and 1964, before Pynchon achieved recognition as a prominent writer for his 1963 novel, V and containing a revelatory essay on his early influences and writing.

The collection consists of five short stories: 'The Small Rain', 'Lowlands', 'Entropy', 'Under the Rose', and 'The Secret Integration', as well as an introduction written by Pynchon himself for the 1984 publication. The five stories were originally published individually in various literary magazines but in 1984, after Pynchon had achieved greater recognition, Slow Learner was published to collect and copyright the stories into one volume. The introduction also offers a rare insight into Pynchon's own views on his work and influences.

Revue de presse

"Possibly the most accomplished writer of prose in English since James Joyce... Sentence by sentence he can do more than any novelist of this century with the resources of the English-American language" (London Review of Books)

"Anything from the most monstrous talent in the post-war West should be pursued in earnest. I've eaten two copies already" (Time Out)

"Thomas Pynchon is the Gargantua of modern fiction... In Slow Learner he breaks cover for the first time with a remarkable open handed portrait of the writer as a young man" (Sunday Times)

"Pynchon at his best" (Guardian)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bantam Books
• Date d'édition: 1990
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0553249622
• ISBN 13: 9780553249620
• Reliure: Poche
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible