商品简介 The most celebrated American novelist of the past half-century, an indispensable figure of postmodernism worldwide, Thomas Pynchon notoriously challenges his readers. This Companion provides tools for meeting that challenge. Comprehensive, accessible, lively, up-to-date and reliable, it approaches Pynchon's fiction from various angles, calling on the expertise of an international roster of scholars at the cutting edge of Pynchon studies. Part I covers Pynchon's fiction novel-by-novel from the 1960s to the present, including such indisputable classics as The Crying of Lot 49 and Gravity's Rainbow. Part II zooms out to give a bird's-eye-view of Pynchon's novelistic practice across his entire career. Part III surveys major topics of Pynchon's fiction: history, politics, alterity ('otherness') and science and technology. Designed for students, scholars and fans alike, the Companion begins with a biography of the elusive author and ends with a coda on how to read Pynchon and a bibliography for further reading.托马斯·品钦是过去半个世纪*著名的美国小说家、全世界后现代主义不可或缺的人物,他以挑战读者而闻名。该伴侣提供了应对这一挑战的工具。本书内容全面、通俗易懂、生动活泼、与时俱进且可靠,从不同角度探讨了品钦的小说,并借鉴了品钦研究前沿国际学者的专业知识。第一部分逐篇介绍了品钦从 20 世纪 60 年代至今的小说,包括《第 49 批地的哭泣》和《万有引力之彩虹》等无可争议的经典作品。第二部分缩小范围,鸟瞰品钦整个职业生涯的小说实践。第三部分概述了品钦小说的主要主题:历史、政治、相异性(“他者”)以及科学和技术。该书专为学生、学者和粉丝而设计,以这位难以捉摸的作者的传记开始,以如何阅读品钦的尾声和供进一步阅读的参考书目结束。
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