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Falling Man

A Novel
DeLillo, Don (Book - - 2007)
Average Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5.
Falling Man


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There is September 11 and then there are the days after, and finally the years. Falling Man is a magnificent, essential novel about the event that defines turn-of-the-century America. It begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and tracks the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives

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There is September 11 and then there are the days after, and finally the years. Falling Man is a magnificent, essential novel about the event that defines turn-of-the-century America. It begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and tracks the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives of a few people. First there is Keith, walking out of the rubble into a life that he'd always imagined belonged to everyone but him. Then Lianne, his estranged wife, memory-haunted, trying to reconcile two versions of the same shadowy man. And their small son Justin, standing at the window, scanning the sky for more planes. These are lives choreographed by loss, grief, and the enormous force of history. Brave and brilliant, Falling Man traces the way the events of September 11 have reconfigured our emotional landscape, our memory and our perception of the world. It is cathartic, beautiful, heartbreaking.

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Authors: DeLillo, Don, 1936-
Statement of Responsibility: Don DeLillo
Title: Falling man
a novel
Publisher: New York ;, Toronto :, Scribner,, c2007
Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed --
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Apr 10, 2010
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  • macierules rated this: 2 stars out of 5.

definitely some moments of brilliance; crazy use of pronouns and rapidly changing scenes made it not an enjoyable read.

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