"V." (1963)

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"V." (1963) is Thomas Pynchon's debut novel, a complex postmodern work that interweaves historical episodes and conspiracy-laden quests across the 20th century.

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V. (1963 novel) 2
"V." (1963) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
postmodern novel ⓘ
author Thomas Pynchon ⓘ
awarded William Faulkner Foundation Award for Notable First Novel ⓘ
awardYear 1964 ⓘ
centralTheme colonialism ⓘ
conspiracy ⓘ
decay ⓘ
history and memory ⓘ
identity ⓘ
paranoia ⓘ
technology and mechanization ⓘ
character The Whole Sick Crew ⓘ
linked to: the Whole Sick Crew
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
followedBy The Crying of Lot 49 ⓘ
genre historical fiction ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
hasForm frame narrative ⓘ
hasISBN 978-0-06-093021-9 ⓘ
hasMotif fragmentation of history ⓘ
mechanical prostheses ⓘ
surveillance and control ⓘ
the search for an elusive woman or principle ⓘ
hasPageCount 492 ⓘ
influenced postmodern American fiction ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeStructure nonlinear ⓘ
narrativeTechnique multiple perspectives ⓘ
notableFor complex, allusive style ⓘ
dense intertextuality ⓘ
shifting narrative voices ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
protagonist Benny Profane ⓘ
Herbert Stencil ⓘ
publicationYear 1963 ⓘ
publisher J. B. Lippincott & Co. ⓘ
settingLocation Africa ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Malta ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
settingPeriod 20th century ⓘ
structureFeature interwoven historical episodes ⓘ
quest narrative ⓘ
titleCharacter V. ⓘ

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Herbert Stencil → firstAppearance → "V." (1963) ⓘ
Zeitsuss → firstAppearance → V. (1963 novel) ⓘ
linked to: "V." (1963)
Paola Maijstral → firstAppearance → V. (1963 novel) ⓘ
linked to: "V." (1963)