by Thomas Pynchon · Maxi-Tusquets · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788490660669
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In the late 18th century, the melancholic astronomer Charles Mason and the exuberant surveyor Jeremiah Dixon, two Britons in the service of the Royal Society, embark on the task of drawing the line that would separate the colonies of Pennsylvania and Maryland, known today as the Mason-Dixon Line. Thomas Pynchon's novel offers an epic and parodic portrait of the dawn of the Contemporary Age, with fierce Indians and rude settlers, naval battles and land explorations, Jesuit conspiracies and unbridled eroticism, and hilarious appearances by historical figures such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Samuel Johnson.
Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. is an American novelist. He is known for his dense, complex works of postmodern fiction, which are distinguished by their paranoid tone, absurd humor, and references to history, art, science, and popular culture. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists. Pynchon is notoriously reclusive. Few photographs of him have been published, and rumors about his location and identity have circulated since the 1960s.
