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V. (1963) (edit title/settings)

by Thomas Pynchon (Author) (edit contributors)

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The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men--one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much to lose--and "V.," the unknown woman of the title.

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  • “It wasn't that he was tired or even notably uncoordinated. Only something that, being a schlemihl, he'd known for years: inanimate objects and he could not live in peace.”
  • “He started telling her about Vheissu. How it was reached, on camel-back over a vast tundra, past the dolmens and temples of dead cities; finally to the banks of a broad river which never sees the sun, so thickly roofed is it with foliage. The river is traveled in long teak boats which are carved like dragons and paddled by brown men whose language is unknown to all but themselves. In eight days' time there is a portage over a neck of treacherous swampland to a green lake, and across the lake rise the first foothills of the mountains which ring Vheissu.”

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Christmas Eve, 1955, Benny Profane, wearing black levis, suede jacket, sneakers and big cowboy hat, happened to pass through Norfolk, Virginia.

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This is book 85 of 98 in Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: Reader's List. (authoritative list)
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 426 of 1286 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)

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  1. Thomas Pynchon (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Lippincott
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Publication Date: 1963
ISBN: 0397003013
Page Count: 553

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