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Donald Richard "Don" DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television, nuclear war, the complexities of language, art, the advent of the Digital Age, mathematics, politics, economics, and sports.
Why Don DeLillo is America's greatest living writer. 19 December 2022. By John Self, Features correspondent. Alamy. The writer that inspired Netflix's latest hit White Noise is a dazzling...
Jun 13, 2024 · Don DeLillo, American novelist whose postmodernist works portray the anomie of an America cosseted by material excess and stupefied by empty mass culture and politics. His notable books included White Noise (1985), Libra (1988), Underworld (1997), and Point Omega (2010).
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- The Silence. Don DeLillo has always seen the future in the present, but perhaps never more effectively than with The Silence. Although it was begun before COVID-19 existed, it’s set at a time when a virus that emptied the streets is ‘fresh in the memory’ and an even greater disaster is about to strike.
- White Noise. Possibly DeLillo’s funniest book, White Noise introduced his work to a wider audience than ever before and established his reputation as a master of postmodern fiction.
- Underworld. DeLillo’s epic saga opens - famously - at the Dodgers-Giants 1951 National League final, where Bobby Thomson hits The Shot Heard Round the World and goes on to encompass fifty years of American history.
- Zero K. DeLillo’s first novel in just under a decade is everything his fans have been waiting for, however it also makes a great introduction to his work.
Oct 12, 2020 · A permeating paranoia. Profound absurdity. Conspiracy and terrorism. Technological alienation. Violence bubbling, ready to boil. This has long been the stuff of Don DeLillo’s masterly fiction.
Donald Richard DeLillo is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television, nuclear war, the complexities of language, art, the advent of the Digital Age, mathematics, politics, economics, and sports.
May 22, 2024 · The Essential Don DeLillo. His fascination with terrorism, cults and mass culture’s weirder turns has given his work a prophetic air. Here’s where to start. Photo by Sara Barrett. 105. By...
