"V." (1963)

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"V." (1963) is Thomas Pynchon's debut novel, a complex postmodern work that interweaves historical episodes and conspiracy-laden quests across the 20th century.

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V. (1963 novel) 2
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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut novel
novel
postmodern novel
author Thomas Pynchon
awarded William Faulkner Foundation Award for Notable First Novel
awardYear 1964
centralTheme colonialism
conspiracy
decay
history and memory
identity
paranoia
technology and mechanization
character The Whole Sick Crew
linked to: the Whole Sick Crew
countryOfOrigin United States
followedBy The Crying of Lot 49
genre historical fiction
metafiction
postmodern literature
hasForm frame narrative
hasISBN 978-0-06-093021-9
hasMotif fragmentation of history
mechanical prostheses
surveillance and control
the search for an elusive woman or principle
hasPageCount 492
influenced postmodern American fiction
literaryMovement postmodernism
mediaType print
narrativeStructure nonlinear
narrativeTechnique multiple perspectives
notableFor complex, allusive style
dense intertextuality
shifting narrative voices
originalLanguage English
protagonist Benny Profane
Herbert Stencil
publicationYear 1963
publisher J. B. Lippincott & Co.
settingLocation Africa
Europe
Malta
New York City
settingPeriod 20th century
structureFeature interwoven historical episodes
quest narrative
titleCharacter V.

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Herbert Stencil firstAppearance "V." (1963)
Zeitsuss firstAppearance V. (1963 novel)
linked to: "V." (1963)
Paola Maijstral firstAppearance V. (1963 novel)
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