Gravity's Rainbow

图书标准信息

• 作者 Thomas Pynchon 著
• 出版社 Vintage
• 出版时间 1995-07
• ISBN 9780099533214
• 定价 112.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 912页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

TyroneSlothrop,aGIinLondonin1944,hasabigproblem.Wheneverhegetsanerection,aBlitzbombhits.Slothropgetsexcited,andthen(asThomasPynchonputsitinhissinister,insinuatinglysibilantopeningsentence),"ascreamingcomesacrossthesky,"heraldinganangelofdeath,aV-2rocket.Thenovel'stitle,Gravity'sRainbow,referstotherocket'svaporarc,acrueldarkparodyofwhatGodsentNoahtosymbolizehispromisenevertodestroyhumanityagain.SoonTyroneisontherunfromlegionsofbizarreenemiesthroughthephantasmagorichorrorsofGermany.gravity'sRainbow,however,dosen'tfollowsuchastandardplot;onemusthavefaiththateachmanicepisodeisconnectedwiththegreatplottoblowuptheworldwiththeultimaterocket.Thereisnotonestory,butaproliferationofcharacters(PiratePrentice,TeddyBloat,TantivyMucker-Maffick,SaureBummer,andmore)andeventsthattantalizethereaderwithsuggestionsofvastpatternsonlyjustpastourcomprehension.Gravity'sRainbowisablizzardofreferencestoscience,history,highculture,andthelowestofjokes.

【作者简介】

ThomasPynchonistheauthorofV.,TheCryingofLot49,Gravity'sRainbow,SlowLearner,acollectionofshortstories,Vinelandand,mostrecently,Mason&Dixon.HerecievedthenationalbookawardforGravity'sRainbowin1974.