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Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (2006, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-10006091307X
ISBN-139780060913076
eBay Product ID (ePID)20038619142
Product Key Features
Book TitleCrying of Lot 49
Number of Pages160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Satire, Literary, Gothic
Publication Year2006
FeaturesReprint
GenreFiction
AuthorThomas Pynchon
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight4.3 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN85-045221
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
ReviewsMr. Pynchon's satirical eye doesn't miss a thing, including rock n' roll singers right wing extremists, and the general subculture of Southern California., The work of a virtuoso with prose. . . . His intricate symbolic order is akin to that of Joyce's Ulysses., "A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force with a strongly European flavor." -- San Francisco Examiner "The comedy crackles, the puns pop, the satire explodes." -- New York Times "Mr. Pynchon's satirical eye doesn't miss a thing, including rock n' roll singers right wing extremists, and the general subculture of Southern California." -- Library Journal "[A] spectacular tale. . . . The work of a virtuoso with prose. . . . His intricate symbolic order is akin to that of Joyce's Ulysses." -- Chicago Tribune "Pynchon is again whispering something in our ear about the meaning of coincidence, the possibility of recurrence in history, and the circularity of time. . . . . The Crying of Lot 49 is one of those mystery novels that can't be solved." -- New York Review of Books "Remarkable. . . . The Crying of Lot 49 resembles metaphysical poetry in the range of its allusions and the curiosity of its creator. Consequently, the book is always surprising." -- Washington Post, "A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force." -- San Francisco Examiner "The comedy crackles, the puns pop, the satire explodes." -- New York Times "Mr. Pynchon's satirical eye doesn't miss a thing, including rock n' roll singers right wing extremists, and the general subculture of Southern California." -- Library Journal "[A] spectacular tale. . . . The work of a virtuoso with prose. . . . His intricate symbolic order is akin to that of Joyce's Ulysses." -- Chicago Tribune "Pynchon is again whispering something in our ear about the meaning of coincidence, the possibility of recurrence in history, and the circularity of time. . . . . The Crying of Lot 49 is one of those mystery novels that can't be solved." -- New York Review of Books "Remarkable. . . . The Crying of Lot 49 resembles metaphysical poetry in the range of its allusions and the curiosity of its creator. Consequently, the book is always surprising." -- Washington Post
Dewey Decimal813.5/4
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisOne of The Atlantic 's Great American Novels "A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force." -- San Francisco Examiner The Crying of Lot 49 is Thomas Pynchon's highly original classic satire of modern America, about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in what would appear to be an international conspiracy. When her ex-lover, wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity, dies and designates her the coexecutor of his estate, California housewife Oedipa Maas is thrust into a paranoid mystery of metaphors, symbols, and the United States Postal Service. Traveling across Southern California, she meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge., One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels "A puzzle, an intrigue, a literary and historical tour de force." -- San Francisco Examiner The Crying of Lot 49 is Thomas Pynchon's highly original classic satire of modern America, about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in what would appear to be an international conspiracy. When her ex-lover, wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity, dies and designates her the coexecutor of his estate, California housewife Oedipa Maas is thrust into a paranoid mystery of metaphors, symbols, and the United States Postal Service. Traveling across Southern California, she meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge., Thomas Pynchon's classic post-modern satire, which tells the wonderfully unusual story of Oedipa Maas, first published in 1965. When her ex-lover, wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity dies and designates her the co-executor of his estate, California housewife Oedipa Mass is thrust into a paranoid mystery of metaphors, symbols, and the United States Postal Service. Traveling across Southern California, she meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not-inconsiderable amount of self-knowledge.
LC Classification NumberPS3566.Y55C79 1986
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- Jan 30, 2022
Pynchon doesn't use stream of consciousness to confuse you.
It was the perfect gift to give someone. The pages were clean free from any markings or notes.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 27, 2018
Title refers to the auctioning of Inverarity's invaluable stamp collection.
Thomas Pynchon can be said to admire the piquancy of selected paranoia in the elaborate works of, say, Kafka, Lovecraft, Orwell, but to mix these otherwise pleasantly sharp and appetizing flavors, ALL, into the banalities of everyday life. In his THE CRYING OF LOT 49 (1966), when wealthy real-estate tycoon Pierce Inverarity dies and designates his ex-lover, Oedipa Mass, the co-executor of his estate, this housewife now-executor is thrust into a paranoid mystery of metaphors and symbols and a conspiracy against the US Postal Service. Traveling across California between Berkeley and LA, she meets interesting and occasionally scary characters, while attaining a noteworthy amount of self-knowledge. Perhaps this novel of multi-parodies is a patriotic lamentation, an elaborate effort not to believe the worst about the USA.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Oct 16, 2019
Satire, good satire is rare, The Crying of Lot 49 is self explanatory.
The Crying of Lot 49 has an abundance or large scope of the using of satire. Oedipa sees her world in no other manner and melds all there is to it consistently and appropriately so.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Mar 10, 2021
Required taste.
I tried to like it, twice. But I just couldn’t finish it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
