The Crying of Lot 49
A Novel
On Sale: 04/22/2014
The Crying of Lot 49
A Novel
On Sale: 04/22/2014
Format:
About the Book
“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.
Critical Praise
“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
-Product Details
- ISBN: 9780062334411
- ISBN 10: 0062334417
- Imprint: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- On Sale: 04/22/2014
- Pages: 160
- List Price:21.00 CAD
- BISAC1 : FICTION / Cultural Heritage
- BISAC2 : FICTION / Sagas
- BISAC3 : FICTION / Action & Adventure
- BISAC4 : FICTION / Psychological
- BISAC5 : FICTION / Satire
- BISAC6 : FICTION / Classics
- BISAC7 : FICTION / Political
- BISAC8 : FICTION / Southern
- BISAC9 : FICTION / Native American & Aboriginal
- BISAC10 : FICTION / Literary
- BISAC11 : FICTION / Small Town & Rural
- BISAC12 : FICTION / Contemporary Women
- BISAC13 : FICTION / Coming of Age