Against the Day

Ein opulentes Zeitporträt der Jahre zwischen 1893 und dem Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs, das in Colorado, New York, London, Göttingen, Vendig, Wien und vielen anderen Orten spielt und bevölkert ist mit den unterschiedlichsten und bizzarsten Figuren, ganz so wie man es von Pynchon erwartet.

Kurzbeschreibung:

'All that is glorious and exhilarating about Pynchon is found here... a mighty novel that will delight Pynchonians and seduce newcomers' - Observer.

Klappentext:

Spanning the period between the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 and the years just after World War I, Against the Day moves from the labour troubles in Colorado to turn-of-the-century New York; from London to Venice, to Siberia, to Mexico during the revolution; silent-era Hollywood, and one or two places not strictly speaking on the map at all. It is a time of unrestrained corporate greed, false religiosity, moronic fecklessness, and evil intent in high places. Maybe it's not the world, but with a minor adjustment or two it's what the world might be.

Rezension:

A fine example of a successful marriage between the popular and intellectual, between fiction and science... gloriously, demandingly, daringly, Pynchon has rediscovered vulgarity and continues to prove the novel has never been more vibrant, more various or better able to represent our complex world. Give this book your time - you'll agree its worth it Michael Moorcock Daily Telegraph