Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Set during the end of World War II, the novel follows Tyrone Slothrop, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, as he tries to uncover the truth behind a mysterious device, the "Schwarzgerät", that the Germans are using in their V-2 rockets. The narrative is complex and multi-layered, filled with a vast array of characters and subplots, all connected by various themes such as paranoia, technology, and the destructive nature of war. The book is known for its encyclopedic nature and its challenging, postmodernist style.
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- Published
- 1973
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 760-776
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
- - Die Enden Der Parabel
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- 3rd on 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction (Larry McCaffery)
- 7th on TrueLit's Top 100 Favorite Books (2023) (/r/TrueLit)
- 9th on 4chan’s Literature Board’s Aggregate Top 100 Books for the Decade 2014 - 2024 (Reddit)
- 19th on Readers’ Top 100 Novels Of All Time (Guardian)
- 21st on The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: The Readers' List (The Modern Library)
- 42nd on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
- 94th on Edmonton's Top 100 (Edmonton Journal)
- 100th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
- 317th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Best 20th-Century American Books (Hungry Mind Review)
- 100 Books, 100 Companions (Zeit Online)
- 100 Life-Changing Books (National Book Award)
- 150 Great Reads (The Spokesman-Review Spokane Chronicle )
- 50 Best Cult Books (Telegraph)
- A Century of Reading (Lithub)
- All-Time Classics, According to Academics (The Commercial Appeal )
- Best Foreign Work of Fiction Chosen by Francophone Writers (French literary magazine Transfuge)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- National Book Award - Fiction (National Book Foundation)
- Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English since 1939 (Anthony Burges (Book))
- One Hundred Best American Novels, 1770 to 1985 (The American Scholar)
- Select 100 (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
- The 100 Best Novels Of All Time (Runners-Up) (The Guardian)
- The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- The 50 Books Everyone Needs to Read, 1963-2013 (Flavor Wire)
- The Dream of the Great American Novel (Book)
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- The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950 (The Modern Library (Book))
- TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
- Top 100 Books (Lincoln Journal Star)