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The story addresses roots of American pathology and introduces themes DeLillo expanded upon in The Names (1982), White Noise (1985), and Libra (1988). The first half of the novel can be viewed as a critique of the corporate world while the second half articulates the fears and dilemmas of contemporary American life.
Donald Richard DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter, and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as consumerism, nuclear war, the complexities of language, art, television, the advent of the Digital Age, mathematics, politics, economics, and sports.
DeLillo has stated that Libra is not a nonfiction novel due to its inclusion of fictional characters and speculative plot elements. [1] Nevertheless, the broad outline of Oswald's life, including his teenage years in New York City, his military service, his use of the alias "Hidell", [2] and his defection to the Soviet Union are all historically accurate.
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Justin Baldoni optioned the book’s rights in 2019, and Hoover made the first official casting announcement in January 2023, revealing that Blake Lively would star as heroine Lily Bloom.
The book reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list on January 20, [2] [21] and remained there for three weeks. [22] It was the first self-published novel to ever top the list. [23] A companion novel, Losing Hope, was published that July. [24] Finding Cinderella is a free novella that Hoover published in
We ranked all 24 books by BookTok favorite Colleen Hoover, from sweet romances like "It Ends With Us" to heart-pounding thrillers like the bestselling "Verity."
Jul. 8—"White Noise," a novel by Don DeLillo, is considered a modern classic by numerous critics. The book centers on Jack Gladney, a prestigious professor of Hitler studies, employed at a small ...