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/lit/ why didn't you tell me a new Delillo was coming out in October
why did I have to learn this from Wikipedia
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Silence/Don-DeLillo/9781982164553

>"In 1999 [Don Delillo] was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, given to a writer whose work expresses the theme of freedom of the individual in society; he was the first American author to receive it."

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>>9520149
> Beckett was a hack!

t. osama bin laden

"Do you think about the technovirus, all systems down, global implosion? Or is it more personal? Do you feel steeped in some horrific digital panic that's everywhere and nowhere ?"

> you're at the coffee shop before class
> casually reading the news paper
> this fucking old man, who's been staring at you since you arrived, moves his chair in close to you
> "Hey, kid, you been reading the horoscopes lately?"

Risk analyst.

>>7945989
stupid bait.

stop making film threads on /lit/ for fuck's sake. take it to /tv/. i don't care how superior to the /tv/ posters you feel, off topic is still off topic.

Apart from White Noise, how is the quality of Don DeLillo's work?

I just bought Great Jones Street, Point Omega, Underworld and the Angel Esmeralda short story collection on impulse because they were on sale.

Is Bill Gray right when he says that Beckett was the last writer to influence our psyche and now that role has been supplanted by terrorists in the media?

Libra, Mao II, or Underworld for historical/political fiction DeLillo
White Noise, Running Dog, or End Zone for hysterical/satirical fiction DeLillo
Americana, The Names, or Ratner's Star for freewheeling conceptual DeLillo
Cosmopolis, Point Omega, or The Body Artist for cryptic please-turn-into-screenplays DeLillo

So I like White Noise and Underworld, Mao II has good third-person but I'm not liking it that much. Have you guys read Cosmopolis or The Body Artist? I'm interested in his writing about performance art.

gritty metaphysical americana

Where do I start with this man?