Introduction
Thomas Pynchon (born in 1937) is considered as one of the most interesting, important, and cited representatives of the postmodern American literature. “The Crying of Lot 49” (1966) is his renowned novel, a brilliant satire on the society of the 60s that claims to show the full depth of its spiritual and moral decay. The author easily throws his protagonist, tangling her stronger and stronger in a web of obscure and mysterious events, creating a large-scale canvas of the modern living apocalyptic expectations. The novel “The Crying of Lot 49” is the most two-faced novel of the 20th century. Continue reading...
