Gravity's Rainbow Free Audiobook Download by Thomas Pynchon
It's a harrowing, fantastic tale of love lost, love found, and the long, life-altering journey back home.
The story is told through the eyes of a young American gunslinger in the early 1940s as he tries to reunite with his wife and daughter who are living in hiding after escaping from Europe upon the outbreak of World War II. The man, known only as "the doughboy," travels across America with a woman who is acting as an unofficial detective and looking for her missing daughter.
'The book is a masterpiece of the comic novel, a work that manages - despite its Dickensian scope and ambition - to achieve an Olympian range of vision. It can be read on many levels, and it's interesting to compare it with the different interpretations people give it.'
In Gravity's Rainbow, Pynchon provides a metaphysical chase through post-war America in his quest to understand the rise of Adolf Hitler and atomic weaponry. The book explores themes of time, history, entropy, and humanity, while endowing characters with superhuman powers that allow them to fulfill their destinies.
The audiobook was performed by George Guidall, who is well known in the community for his voice acting. It received 8 out of 10 stars on Goodreads.
Thomas Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow has been described as one of the most difficult novels to read. The book is filled with strange and diverse characters, including a woman who gets a facelift, a man who loses every hair on his head, and an astronaut who can only talk when he's naked. George Guidall narrates this book in English.
Published Date | 2014-10-16 |
Duration | 37 hours 22 minutes |
Author | Thomas Pynchon |
Narrated | George Guidall |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Fiction & Literature |
Parent Category | Classics, Literary Fiction, Apocalyptic & Dystopian |