What do we know about Thomas Pynchon?

What do we know about Thomas Pynchon?

His fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, genres and themes, including history, music, science, and mathematics. For Gravity’s Rainbow, Pynchon won the 1973 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction….

Thomas Pynchon
Period c. 1959–present

What is the book Vineland about?

Vineland tells the story of the people surrounding Frenesi Gates, a one-time sixties radical who turns government informer and goes into hiding, abandoning her husband and young daughter. Zoyd sends Prairie away to escape Vond who is preparing a full-scale military invasion of Vineland.

How old is Thomas Pynchon?

84 years (May 8, 1937)Thomas Pynchon / Age

Is JD Salinger Thomas Pynchon?

And now digital life has vastly expanded the organism’s appetite and reach. (Social media makes millions part of it, allowing many more a small bit of fame.) This could well mean that it’s impossible to have another Salinger or Pynchon. There is no success outside the network.

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Which Pynchon should I read first?

Begin thusly:

  • Inherent Vice (1990) Read this one first.
  • The Crying of Lot 49 (1966)
  • Vineland (1990)
  • Bleeding Edge (2013)
  • Gravity’s Rainbow (1973)
  • V (1963)
  • Mason & Dixon (1997)
  • Against The Day (2006)

What is Vineland zip code?

08332
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Vineland/Zip codes

Is Vineland a country?

Robert E. Dickenson Jr. Vineland is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. Vineland was formed on July 1, 1952, through the merger of Landis Township and Vineland Borough, based on the results of a referendum held on February 5, 1952.

Where did Pynchon go to school?

Cornell University1953–1959
Oyster Bay High School1953
Thomas Pynchon/Education

Thomas Ruggles Pynchon was born in Nassau County in 1937; attended Cornell for two years before enlisting in the Navy, which took him to Italy; returned to Cornell to graduate in 1959 (see picture at right); and later drafted V. while editing technical manuals for Boeing in Seattle.

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