false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167875507m/27194.jpg 27194 2 <div>Thomas Pynchon&#8217;s <i>Gravity&#8217;s Rainbow</i> (1973), set in an alternative-universe version of World War II, has been called a modern <i>Finnegan&#8217;s Wake</i> for its challenging language, wild anachronisms, hallucinatory happenings, and fever-dream imagery. With <i>Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow,</i> artist Zak Smith at once eases and expands readers&#8217; experience of the book. A leading exponent of punk-based, DIY art, Smith here presents his most ambitious project to date &#8212; an art book exactly as long as the work it&#8217;s interpreting: 760 drawings, paintings, photos, and less definable images in 760 pages. Extraordinary tableaux of the detritus of war &#8212; a burned-out Königstiger tank, a melted machine gun &#8212; coexist alongside such phantasmagoric Pynchon inventions as the &#8220;stumbling bird&#8221; and &#8220;Girgori the octopus.&#8221; Smith has stated his aim to be &#8220;as literal as possible&#8221; in interpreting <i>Gravity&#8217;s Rainbow,</i> but his images are as imaginative and powerfully unique as the prose they honor.</div> 27845 30 12 2006 Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow total:186|5:92|4:61|3:22|2:6|1:5| 186 787 299 21 4 0 false false Sun Feb 22 13:24:35 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 13:33:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 29 06:36:51 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 24 07:24:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 06 16:26:51 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 16:26:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 14 14:17:30 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 10:36:18 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 14:17:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 14 11:31:10 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 11:32:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 02 15:31:09 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 15:31:44 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 14:17:08 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 16:14:44 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 16:15:20 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 18:50:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 18:50:37 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Dec 17 14:01:28 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 14:02:18 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 27 20:26:34 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 27 20:26:34 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Nov 25 18:44:06 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 18:12:05 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 27 08:21:07 -0700 2007 Sun May 27 19:41:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 14 14:43:38 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 14:46:33 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sun Jan 11 00:04:22 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 00:05:58 -0800 2009 Gravity's Rainbow, Zak Smith, or art, this is the book for you. Smith's take on each page of Gravity's Rainbow is spell-binding. Pull both books out, lay them side by side and compare. ]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 24 15:30:41 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 15:33:36 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 09 07:36:56 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 09 07:38:07 -0800 2007 ]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 19:56:34 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 19:56:34 -0700 2007 gravity's rainbow, except that it's all pictures.]]> 2 1 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 08:47:03 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 14:04:26 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri May 16 19:18:09 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 19:18:42 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Apr 27 11:47:28 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 11:47:46 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=27194