Bibliograph

Three novels of the 1980s, The names, White noise, Libra, Don DeLillo ; Mark Osteen, editor

Type

Label

Three novels of the 1980s, The names, White noise, Libra, Don DeLillo ; Mark Osteen, editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

mixed forms

Main title

Three novels of the 1980s

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1293775750

Responsibility statement

Don DeLillo ; Mark Osteen, editor

Series statement

The Library of America, 365

Sub title

The names, White noise, Libra

Summary

"This first volume in the Library of America Don DeLillo edition presents three indispensable novels from the 1980s, published here with new prefaces by the author. The Names is the story of an American risk analyst living in Greece whose investigation into a bizarre string of ritual murders provokes a reckoning with the terrifying power of language. In the National Book Award-winning White Noise, DeLillo creates a frightening yet wickedly funny portrait of a postmodern America where 'you are the sum of your data'--a world recognizably ours. A revelatory depiction of a defining event in twentieth-century history, Libra offers a feverish counter-history of the JFK assassination and a nuanced portrait of the president's murderer. This edition also includes the essays 'American Blood,' DeLillo's first foray into the Kennedy assassination, and 'Silhouette City,' about far-right threats to America, as well as a newly researched chronology of the author's life."--, Dust jacket

Table Of Contents

The names -- White noise -- Libra -- Appendix: American blood: a journey through the labyrinth of Dallas and JFK. Silhouette City: Hitler, Manson, and the millennium

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Don DeLillo, three novels of the 1980sDeLillo, three novels of the 1980sThree novels of the nineteen-eighties

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