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Gravity's Rainbow Paperback - 2007
by Thomas Pynchon
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- Title Gravity's Rainbow
- Author Thomas Pynchon
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very good
- Pages 760
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage Books USA, London
- Publication date December 6, 2007
- Bookseller's Inventory # I16A-04824
- ISBN 9780099533214 / 0099533219
- Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.12 x 1.8 in (19.71 x 13.00 x 4.57 cm)
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Reader reviews for Gravity's Rainbow
Review summary
Readers describe a demanding, months-long read whose rewards and frustrations are equally outsized. Admirers praise the prose, intellectual sweep, and moments of startling beauty, with some calling it a masterpiece; detractors cite a shapeless, over-digressive structure, thin character connection, and graphic sexual content and slurs that feel gratuitous. Many note it requires intense concentration and multiple passes, with a few finding the ending and certain vignettes satisfying. Some also criticize its male-centric perspective and the sense that it flatters a narrow audience.
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