Slow Learner: Early Stories
Author: Thomas Pynchon
Slow Learner is a compilation of early stories written between 1959 and 1964, before Pynchon achieved recognition as a prominent writer for his 1963 novel, V and containing a revelatory essay on his early influences and writing.,The collection consists of five short stories: ‘The Small Rain’, ‘Lowlands’, ‘Entropy’, ‘Under the Rose’, and ‘The Secret Integration’, as well as….Read More
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