New Theory of Cambridge American Fiction.32--New Theory of Auction No. 49 (English Copy Version) (Chinese Edition)

This book is generally considered as a significant work of modern literature which reflects the search of the meaning of life and the thirst for knowledge in the political context of the United States in 1950 and 1960. Expositions of the book are all original. The introduction written by PatrickAotangneier discusses the background and critical response of the important work of ThomasPynchon. The others are respectively written by the five scholars of modern literature, reviewing the novel ""symbol Empire"" or symbols of organizations, having an impact on Pynchon and South American writers and examining the metaphors in the novel, narrative strategies.