by Thomas Pynchon · Maxi-Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483831892
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When it appeared in 1973, 'Gravity's Rainbow' confirmed Thomas Pynchon's reputation as one of the great contemporary writers. This monumental novel, recovered and revised by Tusquets Editores, tells the story of Tyrone Slothrop, an American soldier in London during 1944. Slothrop suffers from a strange problem: every time a German V-2 bomb falls, he experiences an erection. As a child, he was subjected to experiments by Professor Laszlo Jamf, who invented Imipolex G, a plastic that conditioned Tyrone's pudendal parts. Now, Slothrop cannot avoid feeling the presence of Imipolex in the bombs, which leads his superiors to investigate him. In a devastated Germany, Tyrone must flee from legions of enemies.
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. is an American novelist. He is known for his dense, complex works of postmodern fiction, which are distinguished by their paranoid tone, absurd humor, and references to history, art, science, and popular culture. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists. Pynchon is notoriously reclusive. Few photographs of him have been published, and rumors about his location and identity have circulated since the 1960s.
