Thomas Pynchon Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Set in Milwaukee during the Great Depression, this novel follows Hicks McTaggart, a former strikebreaker turned private investigator. He believes he has found job security when tasked with locating a runaway heiress from a Wisconsin cheese fortune. However, his assignment quickly spirals out of control, leading him aboard a transoceanic liner to Hungary, a place filled with unfamiliar language and culture, and an abundance of pastries. As Hicks searches for the heiress, he becomes entangled with a cast of characters, including Nazis, Soviet agents, British counterspies, swing musicians, and outlaw motorcyclists, none of whom he is prepared to confront. Amidst the chaos, Hicks grapples with a history he cannot comprehend, all while trying to navigate his way back to Milwaukee. The only solace he finds is in the burgeoning Big Band Era, where his dancing skills might just provide an escape route. Whether he can Lindy-hop his way back to the normalcy he once knew, which may no longer exist, remains uncertain.

The book is a reprint of a classic work first published in 1874, preserving the original content and style. It offers readers a glimpse into the historical context and literary conventions of the time, making it a valuable resource for those interested in 19th-century literature. The reprint aims to maintain the authenticity of the original text while making it accessible to contemporary audiences.

This reprint of a historical book originally published in 1871 aims to preserve the text for modern readers. Acknowledging the age of the work, it may contain missing pages or lower quality, yet it serves as a valuable resource for those interested in historical literature. The publishing house, Anatiposi, focuses on making such works accessible to ensure they are not forgotten.

Изданный в 2013 году «Край навылет» сразу стал бест­селлером: множество комплиментарных рецензий в прессе, восторженные отзывы поклонников. Пинчон верен себе — он виртуозно жонглирует словами и образами, выстраивая сюжет, который склонные к самообману читатели уже классифицировали как «облегченный». В основе романа — трагичнейшее событие в истории США и всего мира: теракт 11 сентября 2001 года. По мнению критики, которая прочит Пинчону Нобелевскую премию по литературе, все сошлось: «Самый большой прозаик Америки написал величайший роман о наиболее значимом событии XXI века в его стране».

"Brilliantly written...a joy to read...Bleeding Edge is totally gonzo, totally wonderful. It really is good to have Thomas Pynchon around, doing what he does best." - Michael Dirda, The Washington Post "Exemplary...dazzling and ludicrous." - Jonathan Lethem, The New York Times Book Review It is 2001 in New York City, in the lull between the collapse of the dot-com boom and the terrible events of September 11th. Maxine Tarnow runs a fine little fraud investigation business on the Upper West Side. All is ticking over nice and normal, until she starts looking into the finances of a computer-security firm and its billionaire geek CEO. She soon finds herself mixed up with a drug runner in an art deco motorboat, a professional nose obsessed with Hitler’s aftershave, a neoliberal enforcer with footwear issues, and an array of bloggers, hackers, code monkeys, and entrepreneurs, some of whom begin to show up mysteriously dead. Foul play, of course. Will perpetrators be revealed, forget about brought to justice? Will Maxine have to take the handgun out of her purse? Will Jerry Seinfeld make an unscheduled guest appearance? Will accounts secular and karmic be brought into balance? Hey. Who wants to know?

California, inizio anni Settanta. Doc Sportello, investigatore privato con una passione smodata per le droghe e il surf, viene contattato da una vecchia fiamma, Shasta, che gli rivela l'esistenza di un complotto per rapire il suo nuovo amante, un costruttore miliardario. L'investigatore non fa neanche in tempo ad avviare le sue indagini che si ritrova arrestato per l'omicidio di una delle guardie del corpo del costruttore, il quale è intanto sparito, come pure Shasta. Sembrano le premesse del più classico dei noir, ma ben presto le coincidenze piú strane si accumulano e il mistero si allarga a macchia di leopardo. Doc inciampa così in collezioni di cravatte con donnine discinte, in falsi biglietti da venti dollari con il ritratto di Richard Nixon, in un'associazione di dentisti assassini nota come Zanna d'Oro, che è però anche il nome di un sedicente cartello indocinese dedito al traffico di eroina.

"The funniest book Pynchon has written." — Rolling Stone "Entertainment of a high order." - Time Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon—private eye Doc Sportello surfaces, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era. In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre that is at once exciting and accessible, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren't there. It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex- girlfriend. Suddenly she shows up with a story about a plot to kidnap a billionaire land developer whom she just happens to be in love with. It's the tail end of the psychedelic sixties in L.A., and Doc knows that "love" is another of those words going around at the moment, like "trip" or "groovy," except that this one usually leads to trouble. Undeniably one of the most influential writers at work today, Pynchon has penned another unforgettable book.

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. 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

Meanwhile, Thomas Pynchon is up to his usual business. Characters stop what they're doing to sing what are for the most part stupid songs. Strange sexual practices take place. Obscure languages are spoken, not always idiomatically. Contrary-to-fact occurrences occur. Maybe it's not the world, but with a minor adjustment or two it's what the world might be

Jedno z najznámejších diel svetovej literatúry spája prvky spoločensko-politického a vedecko-fantastického románu, pričom obžalováva komunistickú diktatúru, ktorá v roku 1984 ovládla všetko, vrátane ľudského myslenia. V centre príbehu je osud čestného a citlivého jednotlivca, Winstona Smitha, ktorý sa vzoprie systému a za to platí krutú daň. Orwell už v roku 1948 predstavil víziu, ktorá sa neskôr stala realitou. Po dlhých rokoch ideologických obmedzení majú slovenskí čitatelia možnosť zoznámiť sa s Orwellovým vrcholným dielom. Komunistická diktatúra ovládla všetko, a Winston Smith, ako čestný jedinec, sa snaží vzoprieť spoločnosti. Dielo je pochmúrnym a vizionárskym obrazom odľudštenej spoločnosti, pričom autor písal v čase, keď umieral na tuberkulózu. Slovenský čitateľ, poznajúci podobné skúsenosti, nájde v Orwellovom opise spoločnosti osobitnú rezonanciu. George Orwell, vlastným menom Eric Arthur Blair, sa narodil v Indii a do Anglicka sa presťahoval vo veku štyroch rokov. Jeho literárny debut sa datuje do roku 1933, a hoci pochádzal z prostredia predurčujúceho k pravicovým ideám, hlásil sa k ľavici a demokratickému socializmu. Jeho odpor k totalitným praktikám ho urobil jedným z najvýraznejších kritikov komunistického režimu. Medzi jeho najznámejšie dielo patrí aj novela Zvieracia farma a román Tisíc deväťsto osemdesiatštyri.