Book description
There is September 11 and then there are the days after, and finally
the years. Falling Man begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers
and traces the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives of
a few individuals. Theirs are lives choreographed by loss, grief and the
enormous force of history. 'These are pages of magnificent force and
control, DeLillo's genius at full pelt. Reading them, you have to remind
yourself to keep breathing' New Statesman 'Searing, profoundly
unsettling. An unforgettable novel' Sunday Times 'A revelatory piece of
writing that will stand as a testament to DeLillo's genius' Times
Literary Supplement 'As fine a thing as DeLillo has ever made. There are
those who have called him a cold writer; I challenge them to read the
astonishing and deeply moving closing pages of Falling Man without
weeping' Scotsman 'Complex, thrilling, awesome . . . This is a
tremendous novel by a genuine master' Irish Independent
Don DeLillo is the acclaimed author of fourteen novels and two
plays. He has won the National Book Award, the Jerusalem Prize and the
Irish Times International Fiction Prize.
