Gravity's Rainbow is an epic postmodern novel written by Thomas Pynchon and first published on February 28 1973. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military, and, in particular, the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device named the "Schwarzgerät", which will be installed in a rocket with the serial number "00000".

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  • Gravity's Rainbow is an epic postmodern novel written by Thomas Pynchon and first published on February 28 1973. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military, and, in particular, the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device named the "Schwarzgerät", which will be installed in a rocket with the serial number "00000". Frequently digressive, the novel subverts many of the traditional elements of plot and character development, traverses detailed, specialist knowledge drawn from a wide range of disciplines, and has earned a reputation as a "difficult" book. In 1974, the three-member Pulitzer Prize jury on fiction supported Gravity's Rainbow for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. However, the other eleven members of the board overturned this decision, branding the book "unreadable, turgid, overwritten, and obscene." The novel was nominated for the 1973 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and won the National Book Award in 1974. Since its publication, Gravity's Rainbow has spawned an enormous amount of literary criticism and commentary, including two reader's guides and several online concordances, and is frequently cited as Pynchon's magnum opus. Time Magazine included the novel in its All-Time 100 Greatest Novels, a list of the best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. (en)
  • L'arcobaleno della gravità è il terzo romanzo dello scrittore americano Thomas Pynchon, uscito negli Stati Uniti nel 1973 col titolo Gravity's Rainbow e vincitore del prestigiosissimo National Book Award nel 1974 (quell'anno per la narrativa breve venne premiato Isaac Bashevis Singer).L'arcobaleno del titolo altro non è che la parabola, la curva descritta da un missile dal lancio al momento in cui colpisce un bersaglio. Il romanzo è infatti incentrato sulla V2, il missile a lungo raggio costruito dalla Germania nazista al termine della seconda guerra mondiale e utilizzato soprattutto per colpire Londra . Nel dopoguerra la tecnologia missilistica tedesca viene usata da Stati Uniti e Unione Sovietica nelle imprese spaziali, ma soprattutto nella costruzione dell'arsenale nucleare della guerra fredda. Non a caso una delle menti del programma missilistico tedesco, Wernher Von Braun (che secondo alcuni critici è ritratto nel romanzo nelle vesti del terrificante Colonnello Blicero), passò a lavorare per la difesa degli Stati Uniti e infine per la NASA. (it)
  • 《万有引力之虹》是托马斯·品钦所著的后现代主义史诗小说，初版于1973年2月28日。 Quotation [...] a million bureaucrats are diligently plotting death and some of them even know it [...] Thomas Pynchon 全书分四部分： 1.在零的那一边 2.在赫尔曼·戈林的旅馆中休假 3.在环中 4.反击力 (zh)
  • Die Enden der Parabel (engl. Gravity's Rainbow) ist ein 1973 erschienener Roman von Thomas Pynchon, der heute allgemein als sein Opus Magnum angesehen wird. Die deutsche Übersetzung von Elfriede Jelinek und Thomas Piltz erschien 1981. Der Roman wurde 1974 mit dem National Book Award und 1975 mit der Howells Medal ausgezeichnet, die Pynchon jedoch ablehnte. 1974 wurde er auch für den Pulitzer-Preis nominiert. Da das Vergabekommitte die Juryentscheidung jedoch nicht mittragen wollte, da es den Roman für obszön und unlesbar hielt, wurde der Preis in diesem Jahr schließlich nicht vergeben. Die Enden der Parabel spielt größtenteils in Europa kurz vor und kurz nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs, beinhaltet jedoch zahlreiche Zeitsprünge in frühere und spätere Epochen sowie Handlungsstränge an anderen Orten wie Zentralasien und den Vereinigten Staaten. Der Roman ist berüchtigt für seine Figurenvielfalt, seine schwer durchschaubaren Handlungsstränge und seine enzyklopädische Themenvielfalt. (de)
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  • Gravity's Rainbow is an epic postmodern novel written by Thomas Pynchon and first published on February 28 1973. The narrative is set primarily in Europe at the end of World War II and centers on the design, production and dispatch of V-2 rockets by the German military, and, in particular, the quest undertaken by several characters to uncover the secret of a mysterious device named the "Schwarzgerät", which will be installed in a rocket with the serial number "00000". (en)
  • L'arcobaleno della gravit� è il terzo romanzo dello scrittore americano Thomas Pynchon, uscito negli Stati Uniti nel 1973 col titolo Gravity's Rainbow e vincitore del prestigiosissimo National Book Award nel 1974 (quell'anno per la narrativa breve venne premiato Isaac Bashevis Singer).L'arcobaleno del titolo altro non è che la parabola, la curva descritta da un missile dal lancio al momento in cui colpisce un bersaglio. (it)
  • 《万有引力之虹》是托马斯·品钦所著的后现代主义史诗小说，初版于1973年2月28日。 Quotation [...] a million bureaucrats are diligently plotting death and some of them even know it [...] Thomas Pynchon 全书分四部分： 1.在零的那一边 2.在赫尔曼·戈林的旅馆中休假 3.在环中 4.反击力 (zh)
  • Die Enden der Parabel (engl. Gravity's Rainbow) ist ein 1973 erschienener Roman von Thomas Pynchon, der heute allgemein als sein Opus Magnum angesehen wird. (de)
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