Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Editorial Review

Winner of the 1973 National Book Award, Gravity's Rainbow is a postmodern epic, a work as exhaustively significant to the second half of the twentieth century as Joyce's Ulysses was to the first. Its sprawling, encyclopedic narrative and penetrating analysis of the impact of technology on society make it an intellectual tour de force.

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
• A Rewarding Project
  I'm not ashamed to admit it took me two months to read this, and a lot of it was over my head. I bought the companion book about 1/4 the way through, and it greatly enhanced my appreciation of the book. In principle I don't like companion books, since they tend to steer the reader towards one interpretation to the exclusion of others. I enjoyed the work for its quirky, heavily layered style, and for the multitude of unusual plot strings (how many books about World War II include a subplot about indiginous... more info
• GR
  Im really not a fan of these "elitist" labels. Sure, some people say that they have read it for the "esteem", but i can't stand when things are labeled elitist, like liking it makes one a snob. I enjoyed the book. Its deep and ridiculous well written. Its probably one of my favorite books simply because I enjoyed reading it so much, forget about all of the great ideas and themes. If genuinely appreciating something makes me an elitist, well then I hope everyone is an elitist in some aspect of their lives.
• It Depends
  This is a very difficult book to characterize. On one hand it is a masterpiece while on the other it can be seen as total trash. It is in the eye of the beholder, and for that reason recommending this book is only possible if you know that person and their isn't an invisible wall called the internet between you.
  Gravity's Rainbow is the most difficult book I've ever read and probably will hold that title for the rest of my life. I read the novel in 10th grade and after the first 20 pages knew that I... more info
• Elitist snobs will love it
  I agree with the 1 star people. As a member of IEEE, I get the monthly magazine Spectrum and in one issue, some scientists gave a list of their favorite books. I had read most of them, but one scientist/engineer recommended Gravity's Rainbow. So I tried reading it. Got half-way through, enormously boring, put it down for awhile. I just finished reading Neal Stephenson's Crytonomicon, which was compared to GR, so I thought I would try GR again. So now I am 3/4 through and am determined to finish it this... more info

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