Gravity’s Rainbow

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Gravity’s Rainbow is a dense, postmodern novel by Thomas Pynchon that intertwines World War II-era espionage, science, and paranoia in a sprawling, experimental narrative.

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instanceOf experimental fiction work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
postmodern novel ⓘ
author Thomas Pynchon ⓘ
awarded 1974 National Book Award for Fiction (shared) ⓘ
centralObject V-2 rocket ⓘ
character Franz Pökler ⓘ
Jessica Swanlake ⓘ
Katje Borgesius ⓘ
Pointsman ⓘ
Roger Mexico ⓘ
Tyrone Slothrop ⓘ
controversy initially refused Pulitzer Prize by the Pulitzer advisory board ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception considered one of the major works of postmodern literature ⓘ
widely acclaimed ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
satire ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
war novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation stage adaptations ⓘ
influenced contemporary postmodern novelists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Tyrone Slothrop ⓘ
narrativeStyle multiple perspectives ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ
narrativeTechnique intertextuality ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ
pastiche ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
nominatedFor 1973 Nebula Award for Best Novel ⓘ
linked to: Nebula Award
notableFor complex, fragmented narrative ⓘ
dense, allusive prose ⓘ
extensive use of songs and pastiche ⓘ
originalPublicationDate 1973-02-28 ⓘ
pageCount ~760 ⓘ
plotElement Allied intelligence investigation of V-2 rockets ⓘ
Slothrop’s sexual encounters correlating with rocket impacts ⓘ
statistical analysis of rocket strikes ⓘ
publicationYear 1973 ⓘ
publisher Viking Press ⓘ
linked to: The Viking Press
setInPeriod World War II ⓘ
immediate post–World War II era ⓘ
structure four-part division ⓘ
theme conspiracy ⓘ
determinism and free will ⓘ
entropy ⓘ
paranoia ⓘ
science and mysticism ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
technology and control ⓘ
war and destruction ⓘ

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