num_pages: 193
description: Compiling five short stories originally written between 1959 and 1964, "Slow Learner "showcases Thomas Pynchon's writing before the publication of his first novel "V. "The stories compiled here are "The Small Rain," "Low-lands," "Entropy," "Under the Rose," and "The Secret Integration," along with an introduction by Pynchon himself. 
language: English
title: Slow Learner: Early Stories
titlecomplete: Slow Learner: Early Stories
genres: 20th Century, Short Stories, American, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Collections, The United States Of America, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 4802
publisher: Back Bay Books