Slow Learner

Slow Learner Early Stories

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Publisher's Synopsis

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR

Slow 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

Book information

ISBN: 9780099532514
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Pub date:
DEWEY: 813.54
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 193
Weight: 174g
Height: 200mm
Width: 130mm
Spine width: 13mm