Mao II

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• Oh my oh my oh my

  In this century there has been, running alongside the motif of the writer as drunk, another motif of the writer as anchorite, as recluse, as invisible man, as absconder from celebrity. The tradition, whose great precursor and prefigurer is Rimbaud, i ... (read full critics)

  lrb published on Sun, 5 Sep 2010

• History Novel

  Don DeLillo’s reputation had been advancing stealthily for more than a decade before the publication of White Noise (1985) and Libra (1989) secured his current position as one of the most original, intelligent, and visionary novelists now writing in ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Wed, 25 Aug 2010

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  open call

  I read it fast and didn't think much of it, much of the plot, the narrative, the characters. I finished it on my way to visit a friend in Madrid. Then, the day after, walking along the Castellana, I just sort of happened to think casually about it, and, the previous night's fine wine and its rough ... (continue)

  I read it fast and didn't think much of it, much of the plot, the narrative, the characters. I finished it on my way to visit a friend in Madrid. Then, the day after, walking along the Castellana, I just sort of happened to think casually about it, and, the previous night's fine wine and its rough hangover being the open switch to the sesame of my mind, it blew me away. Somebody out there read it & help me making sense of it.
  It spooks me some to think that stuff through on my own.
  Here's a quote from the book; it's absolutely unrapresentative but I'll paste it anyway because i reckon it'll make you want to read it:
  " All sex it's longing. Even as it happens. Because it happens against the crash of time".

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  Interesting...

  Typical DeLillo. Not quite up to the Underworld/White Noise standard but always interesting.

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• English Books
• Paperback 256 Pages
• Edition: Reissued Open Market Ed
• ISBN-10: 0140152741
• ISBN-13: 9780140152746
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
• Pub date: May 01, 1992
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Deutsche Bücher, Libros en Español, Libri Italiani

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