Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. (/ ˈ p ɪ n tʃ ɒ n / PIN-chon, commonly / ˈ p ɪ n tʃ ən / PIN-chən; born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist noted for his dense and complex novels.

    • (704.4K)
    • May 8, 1937
    • The Crying of Lot 49.
    • Gravity's Rainbow.
    • Inherent Vice.
    • V.
  2. Dec 14, 2022 · For years, archival traces of the novelist Thomas Pynchon have been almost as rare as sightings of the man himself. Only a handful of confirmed photos of him are known to exist.

  3. May 14, 2024 · Thomas Pynchon (born May 8, 1937, Glen Cove, Long Island, New York, U.S.) is an American novelist and short-story writer whose works combine black humour and fantasy to depict human alienation in the chaos of modern society.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  4. Explore the works, biography and adaptations of American novelist Thomas Pynchon, author of Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland and more. Find cover art, essays, profiles, guides, annotations and links to other Pynchon sites.

  5. Gravity's Rainbow carries the dedication "For Richard Fariña ". Pynchon had been a good friend of Fariña, a folk singer and novelist, since they had attended Cornell University together. Fariña had died in a motorcycle accident in 1966.

  6. Feb 16, 2023 · Looming apocalypse. Paranoid conspiracies. Rocket-obsessed oligarchs. As Thomas Pynchon’s novel turns 50, its world feels unnervingly present.