The Crying of Lot G

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:none
not adapted into film
gptkbp:author gptkb:Thomas_Pynchon
gptkbp:awards gptkb:none
gptkbp:character gptkb:Gretchen
gptkb:Dr._Hilarius
Mucho Maas
Mike Fallopian
Teddy Dufresne
gptkbp:character_development complex characters
gptkbp:conflict internal conflict
social conflict
existential conflict
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed
widely acclaimed
gptkbp:cultural_impact influenced literature
influenced philosophy
influenced art
influenced film
influenced music
gptkbp:genre postmodern literature
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Crying of Lot G
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Samuel_Beckett
gptkb:William_S._Burroughs
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Beat_Generation
gptkb:Author
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Kafka
gptkb:William_S._Burroughs
surrealism
gptkbp:isbn 978-0060913072
978-0060925782
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literary_devices irony
metafiction
allusion
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Oedipa_Maas
gptkbp:motif gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:physicist
gptkb:cemetery
disillusionment
the media
the search for meaning
the occult
gptkbp:narrative_style third-person
nonlinear
fragmented
gptkbp:notable_quote “ The only thing that matters is the story.”
“ What is real?”
“ It’s all a matter of perspective.”
gptkbp:page_count gptkb:368
352
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:1997
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Harper_&_Row
gptkb:Harper_Collins
gptkbp:reader_demographic varied interpretations
gptkbp:setting gptkb:California
1960s
gptkbp:style experimental
satirical
gptkbp:symbolism the Tristero
the postal system
the sound
the map
the post office
the archive
the coin
the conspiracy
gptkbp:themes gptkb:TV_series
gptkb:technology
paranoia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:And_Then_Nothing_Turned_Itself_Inside-Out
gptkb:I_Can_Hear_the_Heart_Beating_as_One
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6