introduction by steve erickson (4 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 200 pages. 7.50x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 200 pages. 7.50x5.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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.

First edition, first printing SIGNED: New, issued in its original illustrated slipcase. Thomas Pynchon's "Gravity's Rainbow" in 1973 which has been called by many as the modern Finnegan's Wake for its adventurous language and dream imagery. Zak Smith has created more than 750 paintings, drawings and photographs each derived from a page of the Pynchon classic novel, an expansive experience. Fine bright illustrated boards. Inscribed to another author and his wife and handed over at the time by Zak Smith Ñ inscribed with two different pens and inks and dated the year of publication. One of a handful copies issued in its original design.