To the uninitiated, Thomas Pynchon s "V." seems to defy comprehension with its open-ended and fragmented narrative, huge cast of characters (some 150 of them), and wide range of often obscure references. J. Kerry Grant s "Companion to V. " takes us through the novel chapter by chapter, breaking through its daunting surface by summarizing events and clarifying Pynchon s many allusions. The "Companion" draws extensively from existing critical and explicative work on "V." to suggest the range of interpretations that the novel can support.
The hundreds of notes that comprise the "Companion"...
To the uninitiated, Thomas Pynchon s "V." seems to defy comprehension with its open-ended and fragmented narrative, huge cast of characters (some 1...
"The Crying of Lot 49" is Thomas Pynchon's most accessible work and perhaps the one most widely read and taught. Nonetheless, the novel poses many challenges with its impressive range of references to contemporary popular and material culture, history and geography, and slang and technical jargon.
This expanded and updated companion to the novel contains more than five hundred notes keyed to the 2006 Harper Perennial Modern Classics, the 1986 Harper Perennial Library, and the 1967 Bantam editions. The majority of notes are interpretive, although some are designed to provide a historical...
"The Crying of Lot 49" is Thomas Pynchon's most accessible work and perhaps the one most widely read and taught. Nonetheless, the novel poses many ...
