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The Crying of Lot 49 (Perennial Fiction Library) by Pynchon, Thomas

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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Paperback
Weight
0 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
No
ISBN
006091307X
Book Title
Crying of Lot 49
Item Length
8in
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Year
2006
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.4in
Author
Thomas Pynchon
Features
Reprint
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Psychological, Sagas, Satire, Literary
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
4.4 Oz
Number of Pages
160 Pages

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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.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
006091307x
ISBN-13
9780060913076
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20038619142

Product Key Features

Book Title
Crying of Lot 49
Author
Thomas Pynchon
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Reprint
Topic
Psychological, Sagas, Satire, Literary
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
160 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.4in
Item Width
5.3in
Item Weight
4.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3566.Y55c79 1986
Edition Description
Reprint
Reviews
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., 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
Lccn
85-045221
Dewey Decimal
813.5/4
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21

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  • by ywa2urtWSWm@Deleted
    Oct 05, 2007

    ZZOOOOMMM!!!!!

    I didn't finish reading this book. It was too irritating for me, and the only thing that kept me from putting it away earlier was that I saw it was originally published in the early 1960s, when I assume its kind of hip wasn't as marketable. I got the book because I heard of it as a modern American classic, and because what I knew of the plot was interesting. I stopped reading after the first 100 pages, during the nonsensical five or six page description of the plot of an invented 17th century play that occurs within the book, which I suspect was supposed to be very symbolic of something. Otherwise, as far as I read, there was nothing really going on, except a lot of complicated sentences and a mystical though not profound outlook on California suburbs. The only other book that I can ...

  • by leaps-n-bounds
    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-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • by mike.stallard
    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 ...

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: oriontechllc

  • by 129thsista
    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-OwnedSold by: thrift.books

  • by luriv_69
    Mar 10, 2021

    Required taste.

    I tried to like it, twice. But I just couldn’t finish it.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-Owned

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