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The Names

The Names

Don DeLillo
3.6/5 ( ratings)
A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself.

‘Compelling . . . strange and wonderful and frightening’ New Yorker

DeLillo’s seventh novel is an exotic thriller. Set mostly in Greece, it concerns a mysterious ‘language cult’ seemingly behind a number of unexplained murders. Obsessed by news of this ritualistic violence, an American risk analyst is drawn to search for an explanation. We follow him on his obsessive journey that begins to take over his life and the lives of those closest to him.

In addition to offering a series of strong precise character studies, The Names explores the intersection of language and culture, the perception of America from both inside and outside its borders, and the impact that narration has on the facts of a story. Meditative and probing, DeLillo wonders: how does one cope with the fact that the act of articulation is simultaneously capable of defining and circumscriptively restricting access to the self?

‘A serious and complicated novel which deserves praise . . . an outstandingly well-written and constructed book’ Guardian
Language
English
Pages
406
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Picador USA
Release
March 01, 2011
ISBN
0330524860
ISBN 13
9780330524865

The Names

Don DeLillo
3.6/5 ( ratings)
A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself.

‘Compelling . . . strange and wonderful and frightening’ New Yorker

DeLillo’s seventh novel is an exotic thriller. Set mostly in Greece, it concerns a mysterious ‘language cult’ seemingly behind a number of unexplained murders. Obsessed by news of this ritualistic violence, an American risk analyst is drawn to search for an explanation. We follow him on his obsessive journey that begins to take over his life and the lives of those closest to him.

In addition to offering a series of strong precise character studies, The Names explores the intersection of language and culture, the perception of America from both inside and outside its borders, and the impact that narration has on the facts of a story. Meditative and probing, DeLillo wonders: how does one cope with the fact that the act of articulation is simultaneously capable of defining and circumscriptively restricting access to the self?

‘A serious and complicated novel which deserves praise . . . an outstandingly well-written and constructed book’ Guardian
Language
English
Pages
406
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Picador USA
Release
March 01, 2011
ISBN
0330524860
ISBN 13
9780330524865

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