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DeLillo is the greatest living writer. Discuss his work here.

Furthermore, what is required reading to further understand Mao II?

>> No.11278909

>living

Hate to break it to you but he passed away a couple weeks ago

>> No.11278917

>>11278909
fake news, be ashamed.

>> No.11278919

>>11278847
hell be fine

>> No.11278921

>>11278909
I hope that's true. I really want him to die.

>> No.11278924

>>11278921
Kek, what an awful thing to say

>> No.11278930

>>11278921
Are you one of those people who believes he won’t be punished for the words he utters?

>> No.11278932

I've only read Ratner's Star. I liked it, but I heard that it's very different from his typical style?

>> No.11278934

>>11278921
It's true. I witnessed him get hit by a bus in new york. The windshield was a little dirty but it's hard to miss something like that from the front seat.

>> No.11278939

>>11278847
read point omega and it fucking sucked.

>> No.11278941

>>11278932
Ratner’s Star is hilarious. Extremely mirth-provoking. But yeah, very different than anything else I’ve read of his.

>> No.11278945

>>11278930
Why would I be punished for expressing a sincere sentiment?

>> No.11278946

>>11278939
Wrong

>> No.11278949

>>11278945
Why do you want him to die??

>> No.11278956

>>11278949
Just look at him.

>> No.11278963

>>11278956
He looks serene, at peace, maybe a bit famished.

>> No.11278976

Halfway through Cosmopolis right now, pretty good so far. Liked the movie a lot as well. Where do I go next, White Noise?

>> No.11278980

>>11278976
Libra

>> No.11278987

>>11278963
He looks like a retard. I'd love to punch him in his shit.

>> No.11279013

in every photo i've seen of him he looks a bit perplexed

>> No.11279215

>>11278909
That was Philip Roth.

>> No.11279507

Bill Gray is DeLillo's imagination for what Hemingway would have written about had he been born in the 40s or 50s. Look at the language used in the book.

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>>11278934

>> No.11280166

>>11278976
Yes. White Noise, then Libra, The Names, then give Underworld a go - everything he wrote after that has been meh. I could not stomach Ratner's Star fwiw

>> No.11280238

>>11280166
thank u anon (im not the person u replied to). I just finished White Noise -- should I do Cosmopolis? -- or jump straight into the list you gave?

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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/07/a-readers-manifesto/302270/

ctrl F dellilo

>> No.11280953

I genuinely think he is overrated and too "cerebral." His books are sort of interesting commentaries on contemporary issues, but they don't move you or make you feel anything for the characters or life. He is a genius though for writing this in 1991:

'Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the inner life of the culture. Now bomb-makers and gunmen have taken that territory. They make raids on human consciousness.'

>> No.11281025

>>11280953
thats from Mao II and was the opinion of Bill at the beginning of the book before he changed and realized that his conception of novel writing had been misguided. i.e. not DeLillo's opinion. If you don't feel moved by his work maybe you should try Underworld. I dont know of anyone who can capture the eeriness and underlying mysticism at the bottom of our historical period like he can.

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>>11280917
>Found 1/22

>> No.11281368

>>11280166
Ok I'm reading The Names next. Are all of his books written like Cosmopolis? Or is that style unique to that novel?

>> No.11281409

>>11278939
thats because point omega sucks. don delillo's early shit is incredible

>> No.11281418

>>11281368
Changes from book to book but they all are written in his voice.

>> No.11281461

halfway through libra, and i must say i much prefer white noise. i like the parts about oswald, but the rest is meh for me. it feels too plot-driven and humorless at times. is underworld or mao ii more like white noise?

>> No.11281530

bumping and i also just realized that delillo practically reused a line from white noise in libra ("there is a tendency of plots to move toward death").

>> No.11281673

>>11281461
his earlier books are more like white noise. even white noise is really bleak compared to the early stuff. everything after WN is a total dirge and feels exhausting to read

>> No.11282085

>>11279013
nonplussed

>> No.11282601

>>11278847
I've only read White Noise, Bret Easton Ellis' American Psycho was better and funnier when it comes to ridiculing consumerism. What else is this guy good for?

>> No.11282644

I'm gonna read White Noise, probably in this very month.

Wish me luck, lads!

Curious that I haven't read him earlier, since that, as an italo-brasiliano, I love knowing the work of my fellow italo-americani.

>> No.11282650

>>11282644
Just saw his family was from Molise, hehehe.