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Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (2007, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Format: Paperback or Softback. Publication Date: 11/1/2007. ISBN: 9780143112563. Condition Guide. Item Availability.

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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100143112562

ISBN-139780143112563

eBay Product ID (ePID)59376460

Product Key Features

Book TitleAgainst the Day

Number of Pages1104 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2007

TopicLiterary, Historical, Alternative History

GenreFiction

AuthorThomas Pynchon

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.9 in

Item Weight29.7 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.6 in

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Reviews"[Pynchon's] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel." -The New York Times Book Review "Those who climb aboard Pynchon's airship will have the ride of their lives. History lesson, mystical quest, utopian dream, experimental metafiction, Marxist melodrama, Marxian comedy- Against the Day is all of these things and more." -The Washington Post Book World "Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant." -USA Today "Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling." -The Boston Globe "Audacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high- roller, tripolar." -The Philadelphia Inquirer, [Pynchons] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel. "The New York Times Book Review" Those who climb aboard Pynchons airship will have the ride of their lives. History lesson, mystical quest, utopian dream, experimental metafiction, Marxist melodrama, Marxian comedy Against the Day is all of these things and more. "The Washington Post Book World" Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant. "USA Today" Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling. "The Boston Globe" Audacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high- roller, tripolar. "The Philadelphia Inquirer", "[Pynchon's] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel." - The New York Times Book Review "Those who climb aboard Pynchon's airship will have the ride of their lives. History lesson, mystical quest, utopian dream, experimental metafiction, Marxist melodrama, Marxian comedy- Against the Day is all of these things and more." - The Washington Post Book World "Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant." - USA Today "Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling." - The Boston Globe "Audacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high- roller, tripolar." - The Philadelphia Inquirer, [Pynchon’s] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel.” —The New York Times Book Review Those who climb aboard Pynchon’s airship will have the ride of their lives. History lesson, mystical quest, utopian dream, experimental metafiction, Marxist melodrama, Marxian comedy— Against the Day is all of these things and more.” —The Washington Post Book World Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant.” —USA Today Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling.” —The Boston Globe Audacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high- roller, tripolar.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer, "[Pynchon's] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel." -- The New York Times Book Review "Those who climb aboard Pynchon's airship will have the ride of their lives. History lesson, mystical quest, utopian dream, experimental metafiction, Marxist melodrama, Marxian comedy-- Against the Day is all of these things and more." -- The Washington Post Book World "Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant." -- USA Today "Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling." -- The Boston Globe "Audacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high-roller, tripolar." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer, "[Pynchon''s] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel." - The New York Times Book Review "Those who climb aboard Pynchon''s airship will have the ride of their lives. History lesson, mystical quest, utopian dream, experimental metafiction, Marxist melodrama, Marxian comedy- Against the Day is all of these things and more." - The Washington Post Book World "Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant." - USA Today "Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling." - The Boston Globe "Audacious, bodacious, entropic, synoptic, electric, eclectic, entertaining, hyperbraining, high- roller, tripolar." - The Philadelphia Inquirer

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal813/.54

Grade ToUP

Synopsis"[Pynchon's] funniest and arguably his most accessible novel." -- The New York Times Book Review "Raunchy, funny, digressive, brilliant." -- USA Today "Rich and sweeping, wild and thrilling." -- The Boston Globe Spanning the era between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, and constantly moving between locations across the globe (and to a few places not strictly speaking on the map at all), Against the Day unfolds with a phantasmagoria of characters that includes anarchists, balloonists, drug enthusiasts, mathematicians, mad scientists, shamans, spies, and hired guns. As an era of uncertainty comes crashing down around their ears and an unpredictable future commences, these folks are mostly just trying to pursue their lives. Sometimes they manage to catch up; sometimes it's their lives that pursue them., The inimitable Thomas Pynchon has done it again. Hailed as "a major work of art" by The Wall Street Journal , his first novel in almost ten years spans the era between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I and moves among locations across the globe (and to a few places not strictly speaking on the map at all). With a phantasmagoria of characters and a kaleidoscopic plot, Against the Day confronts a world of impending disaster, unrestrained corporate greed, false religiosity, moronic fecklessness, and evil intent in high places and still manages to be hilarious, moving, profound, and so much more., Spanning the period between the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, this novel moves from the labor troubles in Colorado to turn-of-the-century New York, to London and Gottingen, Venice and Vienna, the Balkans, Central Asia, and elsewhere., The inimitable Thomas Pynchon has done it again. Hailed as a major work of art by "The Wall Street Journal," his first novel in almost ten years spans the era between the Chicago Worlds Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I and moves among locations across the globe (and to a few places not strictly speaking on the map at all). With a phantasmagoria of characters and a kaleidoscopic plot, "Against the Day" confronts a world of impending disaster, unrestrained corporate greed, false religiosity, moronic fecklessness, and evil intent in high places and still manages to be hilarious, moving, profound, and so much more.