DeLillo’s Falling Man
Don DeLillo's new post 9/11 narrative, Falling Man, has received a number of reviews in the past week. Below are a few highlights from select reviews."..."Falling Man" proposes no answers; it holds us, anxious, in the unresolved, the unresolvable — in what might, in fact, be the new world order." Sven Birkerts, Los Angeles Times
"...DeLillo leaves us with two paltry images: one of a performance artist re-enacting the fall of bodies from the burning World Trade Center, and one of a self-absorbed man, who came through the fire and ash of that day and decided to spend his foreseeable future playing stupid card games in the Nevada desert." Michiko Kakutani, New York Times
"...DeLillo is seeking to restore our collective awareness of the fragility of life." Steven E. Alford, Houston Chronicle
"...The surprise of "Falling Man" is how acutely DeLillo imagines the terrorist's mind and how feebly he captures the experience of the ordinary citizen." Laura Miller, Salon Books
"...DeLillo's airy, almost ghostlike 9/11 tale, is as on-the-news as he's ever been." Mark Athitakis, Chicago Sun-Times
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