"Gravity's Rainbow" is a classic work in postmodernist literature. It has a unique position in the history of 20th century world literature and has caused huge controversy. The plot of this masterpiece is complex, and the dream-like fantasy is full of confusing and intricate cross-relationships, various, weird and messy narratives, specious discussions, and descriptions of physics, rocket engineering, advanced mathematics, psychology, international politics, and abnormal sex. The background of the novel is the Second World War. German V2 rockets frequently attacked London. The British and American intelligence agencies discovered that the place where an American intelligence officer had sex was often the landing point of the rocket. They studied this phenomenon, which attracted and implicated many people and events.
Reader comments
This book is like a maze, the story is so complicated that you can't figure it out, but it is also full of fantastic ideas. I particularly disliked the intelligence officer, I thought he was a bit neurotic. However, this book reminded me of "Ulysses", which is also a stream of consciousness style and is very brain-burning to read. Have you ever read "Ulysses"? We can discuss it together.
Rainbow has a strange vitality that should not appear
Finally finished reading the first chapter, it was painful and pleasurable at the same time, a book to be savored slowly
This book is like a maze, the story is so complicated that you can't figure it out, but it is also full of fantastic ideas. I particularly disliked the intelligence officer, I thought he was a bit neurotic. However, this book reminded me of "Ulysses", which is also a stream of consciousness style and is very brain-burning to read. Have you ever read "Ulysses"? We can discuss it together.
Rainbow has a strange vitality that should not appear
Finally finished reading the first chapter, it was painful and pleasurable at the same time, a book to be savored slowly