Against the Day
2006 historical novel by Thomas Pynchon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Thomas Pynchon novel. For the Michael Cronin novel, see Against the Day (Cronin novel).
Against the Day is an epic historical novel by Thomas Pynchon, published on November 21, 2006.[1] The narrative takes place between the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the time immediately following World War I and features more than a hundred characters spread across the United States, Europe, Mexico, Central Asia, Africa and "one or two places not strictly speaking on the map at all," according to the book jacket blurb written by Pynchon. Like its predecessors, Against the Day is an example of historiographic metafiction or metahistorical romance. At 1,085 pages, it is the longest of Pynchon's novels to date.
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Author | Thomas Pynchon |
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Language | English |
Genre | Historical novel |
Published | November 21, 2006 (2006-11-21) (Penguin Press) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 1085 pp |
ISBN | 1-59420-120-X |
OCLC | 71173932 |
813/.54 22 | |
LC Class | PS3566.Y55 A73 2006 |
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