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| Author | Thomas Pynchon |
|---|---|
| Genre | Political satire |
| Published | February 1990[a] (Little, Brown) |
| Publication place | United States |
| ISBN | 0-316-72444-0 |
Vineland is a 1990[a] novel by Thomas Pynchon, a postmodern fiction set in California, United States in 1984, the year of Ronald Reagan's reelection.[6] Through flashbacks by its characters, who have lived the sixties in their youth, the story accounts for the free spirit of rebellion of that decade, and describes the traits of the "fascistic Nixonian repression" and its War on Drugs that clashed with it; and it articulates the slide and transformation that occurred in U.S. society from the 1960s to the 1980s.[6][7][8]
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- ^ Cowart 2012, p. 92: "Vineland ... bears the publication date 1990 but appeared in bookstores at the end of 1989 ..."
- ^ Pollack Coughlin, Ruth (October 29, 1989). "Thomas Pynchon pens first novel in 17 years". The Standard Star. p. F4 – via Newspapers.com.
... 'Vineland,' Thomas Pynchon's first novel in 17 years, will be published by Little, Brown in February, with books being shipped into the stores this December. ('Vineland' will have more than six weeks on bookshelves before the novel's official publication date – the point at which reviewers are free to pounce on it.)
- ^ McDowell, Edwin (December 20, 1989). "Book Notes". The New York Times.
Two days ago, Little, Brown sent copies of Thomas Pynchon's forthcoming novel, 'Vineland,' to some 200 critics and reviewers ...
- ^ "Best Sellers". The New York Times Book Review. January 21, 1990. p. 32 – via TimesMachine.
- ^ "About the Best Sellers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
A version of this Best Sellers report appears in the June 9, 2024 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings on weekly lists reflect sales for the week ending May 25, 2024.
- ^ a b Knabb 2002
- ^ Vineland, p.71
- ^ Patell (2001) p.129