Slow Learner Av Thomas Pynchon

<p><b>WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR</b><br><i><br>Slow Learner </i>is a compilation of early stories written between 1959 and 1964, before Pynchon achieved recognition as a prominent writer for his 1963 novel, <i>V.</i> This edition also contains a revelatory essay on Pynchon''s early influences and writing.<br><br>The collection consists of five short stories: ''The Small Rain'', ''Lowlands'', ''Entropy'', ''Under the Rose'', and ''The Secret Integration'', as well as an introduction written by Pynchon himself for the 1984 publication, offering a rare insight into his own views on his work.<br><br><b>''Pynchon at his best'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br><b>''[This] volume not only collects five early works but offers an easygoing, seemingly vulnerable 20-page introduction by the vanishing author himself'' <i>New York Times</i></b><br><br><b>''Possibly the most accomplished writer of prose in English since James Joyce'' <i>London Review of Books</i></b></p>