He has won the national book award, the penfaulkner award for fiction, the jerusalem prize for his complete body of work, and the william dean howells medal from. Though not especially complex in stylehe writes with a spare, arid lyricismthey have continually challenged readers with a dark worldview tied to the here and now. To mark the forthcoming release of don delillos astonishing zero k, weve prepared this special edition of our podcast, recorded during his visit to the bookshop in february 2016. A blue mannequin staring you full in the face from out behind the title and author printed in the same cyan font. Don delillo s seductive, spectacularly observed and brilliant new novel weighs the darkness of the world terrorism, floods, fires, famine, plague against the beauty and humanity of everyday life, love, awe, and the intimate touch of earth and sun. Donald richard delillo born november 20, 1936 is an american novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. I did think that zero k was the culmination of a certain line of inquiry, he says. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Don delillo is the author of many bestselling novels, including point omega, falling man, white noise, libra and zero k, and has won many honours in america and abroad, including the national book award, the penfaulkner award for fiction, the jerusalem prize for his complete body of work and the william dean howells medal from the american academy of arts and letters for his. So says ross lockhart, giant of global finance and father of jeffrey, the narrator of don delillo s 16th novel, zero k.
Mar 03, 2016 don delillo, zero k i first jumped into delillo s unique, hypnotic prose when i read mao ii. Until now, don delillo s fiction has satirized our impulse to purify, to be superhuman, to enter higher states, most notably, in his national book award winning white noise. May 11, 2016 in the new don delillo novel, an ill woman seeks to be cryogenically frozen. Don delillo, born november 20, 1936, new york, new york, u. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. He later learns that ross lockhart is not his fathers real name.
Delillo has published 16 novels and is set to release a new one, zero k, in may. Zero k, as a halfscientific and halfrealistic novel, reflects manifold aspects in contemporary american and world. His bleak humor and edged insight, the alertness and vitality of his prose, the vast, poetic extrapolations are all evident. He has won the national book award, the penfaulkner award for fiction, the jerusalem prize for his complete body of work, and the william dean howells medal from the american academy of arts and letters. Delillo s almost dayglo powers as a writer and his understanding of the strange, contorted shapes that eternal human concerns with mortality and time can take in the new millennium michiko kakutani new york times. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. A novel by don delillo new york times bestseller a new york times notable book the wisest, richest, funniest, and most moving novel in years from don delillo, one of the great american novelists of our timean ode to language, at the heart of our humanity, a meditation on death, and an embrace of life. A new york times notable book a new york times bestseller, delillo s haunting new novel, zero k his most persuasive since his astonishing 1997 masterpiece, underworld the new york times, is a meditation on death and an embrace of life. He is the acclaimed author of fifteen novels and three plays. In 2015, he was granted the lifetime achievement award from the national book foundation. Delillo is about to turn 80, so it might not be surprising that his new novel, zero k, centers on death. Zero k may poke fun at life extension, but it gives us the warmest depiction of a delillo novel yet at the intimate reason for this perpetual icarus complex.
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