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Slow learner : early stories

Publisher
The Penguin Press
Year
2012
Category
Fiction
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โœฆ Synopsis

Compiling five short stories originally written between 1959 and 1964, Slow Learner showcases Thomas Pynchon's writing before the publication of his first novel V. The stories compiled here are "The Small Rain," "Low-lands," "Entropy," "Under the Rose," and "The Secret Integration," along with an introduction by Pynchon himself.


Abstract: Compiling five short stories originally written between 1959 and 1964, Slow Learner showcases Thomas Pynchon's writing before the publication of his first novel V. The stories compiled here are "The Small Rain," "Low-lands," "Entropy," "Under the Rose," and "The Secret Integration," along with an introduction by Pynchon himself

โœฆ Table of Contents

Content: The small rain --
Low-lands --
Entropy --
Under the rose --
The secret integration.

โœฆ Subjects

Short stories. FICTION / Literary. Fiction

๐Ÿ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES

Slow Learner: Early Stories
๐Ÿ“ Slow Learner: Early Stories
โœ Thomas Pynchon ๐Ÿ“‚ Library ๐Ÿ“… 1985 ๐Ÿ› Back Bay Books ๐ŸŒ English

"Slow Learner" is a compilation of early stories written between 1959 and 1964, before Pynchon achieved recognition as a prominent writer for his 1963 novel, "V" and containing a revelatory essay on his early influences and writing. The collection consists of five short stories: "The Small Rain", "L

Slow learner: early stories
๐Ÿ“ Slow learner: early stories
โœ Thomas Pynchon ๐Ÿ“‚ Library ๐Ÿ“… 1985 ๐Ÿ› Back Bay Books ๐ŸŒ English

Thomas Pynchon's literary career was launched not with the release of his widely acclaimed first novel, "V., " but with the publication in literary magazines of the five stories collected here. In his introduction to "Slow Learner" the author reviews his early work with disarming candor and recalls