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9780977312788: Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow: One Picture for Every Page
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Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow (1973), set in an alternative-universe version of World War II, has been called a modernFinnegan’s Wake for its challenging language, wild anachronisms, hallucinatory happenings, and fever-dream imagery. WithPictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow, artist Zak Smith at once eases and expands readers’ experience of the book. A leading exponent of punk-based, DIY art, Smith here presents his most ambitious project to date an art book exactly as long as the work it’s interpreting: 760 drawings, paintings, photos, and less definable images in 760 pages. Extraordinary tableaux of the detritus of war a burned-out Königstiger tank, a melted machine gun coexist alongside such phantasmagoric Pynchon inventions as the stumbling bird” and Girgori the octopus.” Smith has stated his aim to be as literal as possible” in interpretingGravity’s Rainbow, but his images are as imaginative and powerfully unique as the prose they honor.

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'In his mind-blowing volume Gravity's Rainbow Illustrated (Tin House), porn performer Zak Smith is happy to mix the literal with the surreal whenever and however it suits him. The book renders in graphic form all 760 pages of Thomas Pynchon's famous 1973 novel, described by members of that year's Pulitzer Prize jury as "unreadable, turgid, overwritten and obscene", but which has since then been widely acclaimed... A very special work in its own right, it should be compulsory for Pynchon obsessives.' New Statesman: Thursday 19 July --New Statesman, Thursday 19 July 2007
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Zak Smith: Brooklyn, New York

Zak Smith was born in Syracuse, New York, in 1976 and grew up in Washington, DC. After receiving a BFA from Cooper Union in 1998, he studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and went on to receive an MFA from Yale University in 2001. Smith's body of work primarily comprises portraits, abstract paintings, and illustrations executed in acrylic. An enduring interest in comic books informs his dynamic and obsessively detailed depictions of people, objects, and stories. Allied with punk and hardcore culture and the DIY aesthetic associated with these movements, Smith draws on traditions of decorative art to produce visually complex, labor-intensive pictures characterized by intricate patterns and vivid coloration. The Gravity's Rainbow illustrations, which were featured in the 2004 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, are now in the collection of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Other public collections containing Smith's work include the Museum of Modern Art and the Progressive Corporation. Zak Smith is represented by Fredericks & Freiser in New York City. He lives and works in Brooklyn.

Steve Erickson: Los Angeles, CA

Steve (Stephen Michael) Erickson is an American novelist, essayist, and critic. His seven novelssuch as Our Ecstatic Days and Tours of the Black Clockescape traditional classifications; no literary category describes them adequately. They are usually placed on the borders of surrealism, or magic realism. Currently, he is a teacher with the CalArts MFA writing program and the editor of the literary magazine Black Clock. He also has written about film for Los Angeles magazine since 2001.

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  • EditoreTin House Books
  • Data di pubblicazione2006
  • ISBN 10 097731278X
  • ISBN 13 9780977312788
  • RilegaturaCopertina rigida
  • Numero di pagine760
  • Valutazione libreria

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Editore: Tin House Books (2006)
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First U.S. Edition. Pristine, clean & NEW hardcover in original slipcase. "Thomas Pynchon's GRAVITY'S RAINBOW (1973) has been called a modern Finnegans Wake for its challenging language, wild anachronisms, hallucinatory happenings, and fever-dream imagery. With GRAVITY'S RAINBOW ILLUSTRATED: ONE PICTURE FOR EVERY PAGE, artist Zak Smith at once eases and expands readers' experience of the twentieth-century classic. Smith has created more than 750 pages of drawings, paintings, and photos---each derived from a page of Pynchon's novel. Extraordinary tableaux of the detritus of war---a burned-out Konigstiger tank, a melted machine gun---coexist alongside such phantasmagoric Pynchon inventions as the 'stumbling bird' and 'Grigori the octopus.' Smith has said he aimed to be 'as literal as possible' in interpreting Gravity's Rainbow, but his images are as imaginative and powerful as the prose they honor." [copy on slipcase] While the slipcase front shows the title PICTURES SHOWING WHAT HAPPENS ON EACH PAGE OF THOMAS PYNCHON'S NOVEL GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, the book's spine features GRAVITY'S RAINBOW ILLUSTRATED: ONE PICTURE FOR EVERY PAGE. So I guess it could be called both things. ZAK SMITH's book is beautifully made, in perfect condition, quite presentable & collectible. Oversize & hefty book will require additional postage & insurance to get to you safely; please inquire with your specific interest. Shipping charges will be advised once destination is known. Codice articolo RUB801

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