V.
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V. roman

V. est une lettre mystérieuse qui apparaît ici et là dans le journal intime laissé par Stanley Stencil, disparu en 1919. En 1945, son fils Herbert va chercher ce qui se cache derrière cette initiale. Très vite, V. va se révéler être une énigme aux nombreuses significations, une figure féminine aux multiples visages - Victoria, une anglaise violée au Caire ; Véra, une danseuse allemande pré-nazie dans le Sud-Ouest africain ; Véronique, un rat femelle des égouts de New York ; ou encore une lesbienne du boulevard de Clichy - mais aussi un pays appelé Vheissu, qui inquiète beaucoup les services secrets... Premier roman de Thomas Pynchon, récit extravagant, débridé, à l'imagination débordante, V a connu un succès immédiat dès sa parution au début des années 60 et a placé son auteur parmi les très grands de la littérature américaine contemporaine.
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Nick Whalen@nickthewhalen
4 stars
Mar 22, 2024

Man with undiagnosed ADD joining forces with man with undiagnosed Autism to search for mystery femme fatale that may not even exist is a pretty good bit.

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Donald@riversofeurope
5 stars
Feb 25, 2022

Can I give this book seven or eight stars? An incredible book by itself, this work is remarkable when one remembers it is Pynchon's first novel. Funny, disturbing, dense, absurd, horrific, casual. There are some sentences and paragraphs that only a dozen writers in the world are capable of matching. Throughout reading I found myself drawing connections to Bolano's 'The Savage Detectives': The Whole Sick Crew vs. The Visceral Realists, V. vs. Cesárea Tinajero, and so on. I wonder if Bolano read Pynchon?

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Michelle Guo@guomichelle
4 stars
Sep 27, 2024
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emma li@emli
5 stars
Jan 10, 2024
+1
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nope@noope
4.5 stars
Jul 15, 2023
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Colton McCurdy@mccurdyc
3 stars
Aug 12, 2022
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Katrina Wilson@kwilson
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Jul 16, 2024
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Colton Ray@coltonmray
3 stars
Apr 16, 2024
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Sonia Grgas@sg911911
3 stars
Feb 23, 2024
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Karolina Klermon-Williams@ofloveandart
4 stars
Jan 14, 2024
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Vladimir@vkosmosa
5 stars
May 7, 2023
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Muriel Trystero@trystero
5 stars
Feb 3, 2023
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James Miller@severian
5 stars
Jan 20, 2023
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Mykyta Barabanov@mukuta
3 stars
Oct 25, 2022
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Mykyta Barabanov@mukut
3 stars
Aug 15, 2022
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Lee Mellor@lee-m
3 stars
May 3, 2022
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Anthony Sabourin@anthonysabourin
4 stars
Mar 31, 2022
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Ian MacDonald@haligon_ian
5 stars
Dec 15, 2021
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Hsin-Hao Yu@hhyu
5 stars
Sep 30, 2021
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Joshua Line@fictionjunky
4 stars
Sep 30, 2021
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Amro Gebreel@amro
3 stars
Sep 15, 2021
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Lindsay Cronk@lindsonmars
4 stars
Sep 14, 2021
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João Ferreira@jf
3 stars
Aug 30, 2021
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Bryan Alexander@bryanalexander
5 stars
Jul 29, 2021

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