Book description
A daring, moving fictional account of the last moments of a father and
his two sons atop the World Trade Centre on September 11.
'The only way to know what took place in the restaurant on the 107th
Floor of the North Tower, World Trade Center on September 11th 2001 is
to invent it.'
Weaving together fact and fiction, empathy and dark humour,
autobiography and intellect, 'Windows on the World' dares to confront
the terrifying image that has come to define our world, the image onto
which we project our fears, our compassion, our anger, our incomprehension.
Beigbeder is a fierce, furious, infuriating chronicler of human
iniquity and human suffering, and this book is a controversial, yet
surprisingly humane attempt to depict the most awful event of recent
memory. 'Powerful…the combination of banality and panic is quietly
devastating. Affecting and disconcerting' Financial Times
'Beigbeder has set himself a mammoth task. Foreknowledge of the outcome
removes any narrative tension and reality has outstripped fiction. Given
these constraints, the author is remarkably successful.' Sunday Express
'Beigbeder's gripping apocalyptic novel…it is, on all levels, a
stunning read.' Publisher's Weekly
'Beigbeder brings this off thanks to his electrifying intelligence and
vaulting leaps of sympathy with all the victims - in the tower, the
planes, and the unjust world beyond New York.' Independent Frederic
Beigbeder was born in 1965 and lives in Paris. He works as a publisher,
literary critic and broadcaster.
