{"product_id":"the-crying-of-lot-49-thomas-pynchon","title":"The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOedipa Maas has been made executrix of her former lover's estate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe performance of her duties sets her on a strange trail of detection, in which bizarre characters crowd in to help or confuse her. But gradually, death, drugs, madness and marriage combine to leave Oedipa in isolation on the threshold of revelation, awaiting the crying of lot 49.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humour, \u003ci\u003eThe Crying of Lot 49\u003c\/i\u003e is by far the shortest of Pynchon's great, dazzling novels - and one of his most iconic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The best American novel I have read since the war' Frank Kermode\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Remarkable... \u003ci\u003eThe Crying of Lot 49\u003c\/i\u003e resembles metaphysical poetry in the range of its allusions and the curiosity of its creator' \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThomas Pynchon \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eV.,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Crying of Lot 49\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlow Learner \u003c\/i\u003e(a collection of short stories), \u003ci\u003eVineland\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMason \u0026amp; Dixon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgainst the Day,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eInherent Vice \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBleeding Edge\u003c\/i\u003e. He received the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eGravity's Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e in 1974.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-Format, Englisch, 160 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65815905304925,"sku":"K009324512","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/0932451200001A.jpg?v=1788583121","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-crying-of-lot-49-thomas-pynchon","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}