Slow Learner

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORSlow Learner is a compilation of early stories written between 1959 and 1964, before Pynchon achieved recognition as a prominent writer for his 1963 novel, V. This edition also contains a revelatory essay on Pynchon\'s early influences and writing.The collection consists of five short stories: \'The Small Rain\', \'Lowlands\', \'Entropy\', \'Under the Rose\', and \'The Secret Integration\', as well as an introduction written by Pynchon himself for the 1984 publication, offering a rare insight into his own views on his work.\'Pynchon at his best\' Guardian\'[This] volume not only collects five early works but offers an easygoing, seemingly vulnerable 20-page introduction by the vanishing author himself\' New York Times\'Possibly the most accomplished writer of prose in English since James Joyce\' London Review of Books Σελίδες: 208, Διαστάσεις: 13x13cm