Don DeLillo Kolejność książek (chronologicznie)

This first volume in the Library of America Don DeLillo edition features three essential novels from the 1980s, each accompanied by new prefaces from the author. In The Names (1982), DeLillo's breakthrough work, James Axton, a risk analyst, investigates ritual murders linked to a cult fascinated by ancient languages, leading to profound reflections on identity, disconnection, and language. White Noise (1985), a blend of campus satire and midlife character study, presents a darkly humorous portrayal of postmodern America, where brand names infiltrate daily life and individuals are reduced to their data. Libra (1988) serves as a counter-history of the JFK assassination, offering a nuanced view of Lee Harvey Oswald and exploring the complexities of historical narratives. DeLillo notes that the novel, while rooted in history, also seeks to clarify and balance it. The volume includes two rare essays: "American Blood," a 1983 Rolling Stone article addressing the JFK assassination and its surrounding speculation, and "Silhouette City," which examines extremist right-wing groups and the rise of neo-Nazism in the U.S. Together, these works showcase DeLillo's incisive exploration of contemporary themes.

„Apokaliptyczna powieść naszych czasów” „The Guardian” Jeden z najważniejszych współczesnych amerykańskich pisarzy i jego najnowsza powieść – niepokojąco aktualna i hipnotyzująca. Rok 2022, niedziela Super Bowl. Piątka przyjaciół umówiona jest na kolację w mieszkaniu na wschodnim Manhattanie. Gospodarzami są emerytowana profesor fizyki wraz z mężem, do których dołącza jeden z byłych studentów. Wśród gości brakuje tylko kolejnej pary, spóźnionej przez – jak pokaże czas – dramatyczny lot z Paryża. Toczą się banalne rozmowy, od pierwszego gwizdka dzieli nas jedynie pasmo reklam. Nagle cyfrowy szum milknie, a wszelkie kanały cyfrowej komunikacji zostają przerwane. To co następuje potem jest olśniewającą i poruszającą opowieścią o tym, co czyni nas ludźmi. Nigdy dotąd fikcja nie dostarczyła nam tak błyskawicznych i celnych wskazówek jak poruszać się w pełnym chaosu i nieprzewidywalności świecie. Nigdy dotąd wizje przyszłości i język Dona DeLillo nie były tak przeszywająco celne i niezbędne.

Jeffrey Lockhart's father, Ross, is a billionaire in his 60s with a younger wife, Artis Martineau, whose health is failing. Ross is the primary investor in a remote and secret compound where death is exquisitely controlled and bodies are preserved until a future time when biomedical advances and new technologies can return them to a life of transcendent promise. Conflicted, Jeff joins Ross and Artis at the compound to say 'an uncertain farewell' to her as she surrenders her body.

This is Don DeLillo's first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011; in it he represents the wide range of human experience in contemporary America - and forces us to confront the uncomfortable shadows lurking in the background. His characters are plagued by their own deep, often unconscious, longings; they are subjected to shocking violations, exposed to unexpected acts of terror. No matter whether he is focused upon the slums of New York or astronauts in orbit around the Earth, DeLillo chooses never to turn away from the unsettling manner in which humans are brought together. These nine stories describe the extraordinary journey of a great American writer who changed the literary landscape. 'Don DeLillo's richly compressed short stories are the work of a true master . . . In these stories or lucid dreams - sometimes drily shocking or mournfully funny, always masterfully designed - DeLillo himself isolates that stray thought, and makes of it great art.' Guardian

W jednej z sal muzeum prezentowana jest instalacja, polegająca na wyświetlaniu w maksymalnie spowolnionym tempie Psychozy Hitchcocka. Galerię dzień w dzień odwiedza anonimowy obserwator. Zafascynowany tym, co widzi na ekranie, rozmyśla o względności czasu i ludzkiego postrzegania. Początkujący reżyser Jim Finley przybywa do położonej na pustyni samotni, gdzie żyje 73-letni uczony, Richard Elster, były współpracownik Pentagonu z czasów wojny w Iraku. Finley chce, aby Elster opowiedział przed kamerą o tym okresie swojej pracy. Starzec jednak unika wyrażenia ostatecznej zgody na udział w zamierzonym filmie. Sporą odmianę do życia w pustelni wprowadza przyjazd córki Elstera. Jednak pewnego dnia, gdy obaj mężczyźni wracają z zakupami, nie zastają Jessie w domu. Rozpoczynają się poszukiwania. Cyniczny dotąd Elster okazuje autentyczny niepokój. Powracamy do galerii, gdzie anonimowy obserwator wciąż obserwuje ekran. W pewnej chwili zagaduje go kobieta. Zaczynają rozmawiać. Przechwalają się, że w dzieciństwie mieli zdolności, jakie spotyka się u ludzi dotkniętych autyzmem. Nowa powieść DeLilla odznacza się wyjątkową prostotą języka i formy – przypomina haiku. Podobnie jak haiku składa się z trzech krótkich części

Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in THIS IS WATER. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.

Spadając to książka o 11 września i o dniach, a w końcu latach, które nastąpiły potem. W sposób przejmujący i obrazowy, lecz bez patosu, autor opisuje zdarzenie, które wstrząsnęło Ameryką u progu nowego tysiąclecia i zdefiniowało ją na nowo. Ta historia zaczyna się wśród dymu i zgliszcz, które pozostały z płonących wież.Keith, cudem ocalały w jednej z wież, usiłuje poskładać swój świat na nowo. W pierwszym odruchu wraca do żony, Lianne, którą przedtem opuścił, ona zaś wciąż rozpamiętuje przeszłość, nie mogąc odnaleźć w nim bliskiego jej niegdyś mężczyzny. Obok jest ich małomówny synek Justin, który wystaje w oknie, wypatrując na niebie kolejnych samolotów. Nad ich wspólnym życiem ciąży poczucie straty i żalu, a także przemożna siła historii.Don DeLillo pokazuje, jaki wpływ terrorystyczny atak z 11 września wywarł na jego rodaków, przeobrażając ich emocje, pamięć i sposób odbierania świata. To piękna, poruszająca i oczyszczająca książka.

Alex Hauser left New York and gave up easel painting to live and create land art in the southwestern desert. Now seventy, he has had his second massive stroke. His young third wife Lia believes that somewhere deep inside his mind is still alive, but Alex’s ex-wife and son, Toinette and Sean, have come to this remote place to help him die. Scarlet four o’clock, terminal sedation, night blooming cereus, respiratory depression, sacred datura, persistent vegetative state, love-lies-bleeding, life long devotion: the names of desert flowers and the language of death are equally potent and mysterious in this haunting and urgent play. Like Wit and Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Love-Lies-Bleeding explores the perilous question of when life ends—or should. It is also a play about a son looking for the father who abandoned him, and it is about the odd emotional tenacity of relationships long-ended, about shared language as the antidote to loss. Praise for Don DeLillo’s previous play, Valparaiso: 'May be the novelist’s most satisfying work since White Noise . . . Valparaiso is art at its finest' Boston Globe 'Indisputably electric . . . fresh and pertinent' New York Times

Eric Packer is a twenty-eight-year-old multi-billionaire asset manager. He lives in Manhattan. We join him on what will become a particularly eventful day in his life. When he woke up, he didn’t know what he wanted. Then he knew. He wanted to get a haircut. As his stretch limousine moves across town, his world begins to fall apart. But more worrying than the loss of his fortune is the realization that his life may be under threat. ‘A brilliant excursion into the decadence of contemporary culture’ Sunday Times ‘One of America’s smartest and most disturbing writers’ The Times

"There's a long drive. It's gonna be. I believe. The Giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant. The Giants win the pennant." -- Russ Hodges, October 3, 1951 On the fiftieth anniversary of "The Shot Heard Round the World," Don DeLillo reassembles in fiction the larger-than-life characters who on October 3, 1951, witnessed Bobby Thomson's pennant-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Jackie Gleason is razzing Toots Shor in Leo Durocher's box seats; J. Edgar Hoover, basking in Sinatra's celebrity, is about to be told that the Russians have tested an atomic bomb; and Russ Hodges, raw-throated and excitable, announces the game -- the Giants and the Dodgers at the Polo Grounds in New York. DeLillo's transcendent account of one of the iconic events of the twentieth century is a masterpiece of American sportswriting.

Don DeLillo, known for his expansive novels, shifts focus in this work to explore the depths of a single life and death. The story centers on Lauren Hartke, who shares a seemingly ordinary breakfast with her husband, Rey, before his tragic suicide. This opening sequence intricately captures Lauren's consciousness as she engages in mundane tasks. Following Rey's death, Lauren returns to their summer rental, where she discovers an enigmatic young man living in a spare room. His presence is elusive, and he begins to echo Rey's voice, replaying conversations from before the suicide. This raises questions about whether Rey has been reincarnated or if the young man is merely mimicking what he overheard. DeLillo refrains from providing clear answers, allowing Lauren to navigate her grief and confusion while reflecting on the intersection of life and death. Though some of his rhetoric may stray into abstraction, the emotional core remains poignant. The narrative delves into the complexities of love and loss, revealing how the abrupt absence of a loved one can lead to profound self-reflection. This work, while shorter than his usual fare, demonstrates DeLillo's willingness to explore personal trauma, proving that depth can be just as impactful as breadth.

Michael Majeski finds himself in a surprising situation when he thinks he is flying to Valparaiso, Indiana. Through a series of mix-ups, Michael finds himself first flying to Valparaiso, Florida and then eventually lands in Valparaiso, Chile. Even more unexpected is the media onslaught that follows. He finds himself pursued by every kind of interviewer and the object of fascination for the American audience. As his fame grows, Michael's personal life begins to erode. He and his wife Livia struggle to keep their marriage and their lives intact despite the growing intensity of the media spotlight. Ultimately, Michael must choose between his sanity and his celebrity

The narrator of this novel is Bucky Wunderlick, a Dylan-Jagger amalgam who finds he's gone as far as he knows how. Mid tour he leaves his rock band and holes up in a dingy East Village apartment, in Great Jones Street. The plot revolves around his retreat and a drug designed to silence dissidents.

„Historię tworzą masowe tęsknoty”. „Podziemia” to monumentalna wielowątkowa narracja, która jest próbą zmierzenia się Dona DeLillo, uznawanego za Oceanem za jednego z najciekawszych współczesnych pisarzy, z mitem wielkiej amerykańskiej powieści. Jej akcja rozpoczyna się w Nowym Jorku w 1951 roku podczas legendarnego meczu baseballa. Radość ze wspaniałego wyniku New York Giants mąci wiadomość o próbnym wybuchu bomby atomowej przeprowadzonym w ZSRR. Symbolicznym przewodnikiem w tej postmodernistycznej odysei jest pamiątkowa piłka baseballowa z legendarnego finału, przekazywana z rąk do rąk przez kolejne dekady. W tle prawdziwa esencja Stanów Zjednoczonych drugiej połowy XX wieku: błysk fleszy i medialny szum, kultowe chevrolety, prezerwatywy symbolizujące rewolucję seksualną i strony internetowe jako znak drugiej wielkiej rewolucji – technologicznej – oraz ikoniczne postacie jak J. Edgar Hoover, Mick Jagger czy Lenny Bruce. Jednak głównym bohaterem pozostaje amerykańskie społeczeństwo, bacznie obserwowane i punktowane z sarkazmem przez autora, który bezlitośnie odziera je z patosu i narodowych mitów. DeLillo jest pisarzem na miarę Steinbecka, a jego przełomowe dzieło ukazujące całą złożoność amerykańskiego świata drugiej połowy XX wieku dziś nabiera nowych znaczeń. To, co kilka dekad temu było codziennością Ameryki, dziś jest dniem powszednim zglobalizowanego świata i może stać się jego trudnym dziedzictwem.

"Bill Gray, a famous, reclusive novelist, emerges from his isolation when he becomes the key figure in an event staged to force the release of a poet hostage in Beirut. As Bill enters the world of political violence, a nightscape of Semtex explosives and hostages locked in basement rooms, Bill's dangerous passage leaves two people stranded: his brilliant, fixated assistant, Scott, and the strange young woman who is Scott's lover - and Bill's. An extraordinary novel from Don DeLillo about words and images, novelists and terrorists, the mass mind and the arch-individualist, Mao II explores a world in which the novelist's power to influence the inner life of a culture now belongs to bomb-makers and gunmen. Mao II is the work of an ingenious writer at the height of his powers." -- Publisher's description.

From one of America's foremost living writers comes a brilliant and disturbing comedy that mixes laughter and terror as it uncovers the boundaries of sanity in all of us.

At twenty-eight, David Bell is the American Dream come true. He has fought his way to the top, surviving office purges and scandals to become a high-powered television executive. David's world is made up of the images that flicker across America's screens, the fantasies that enthrall America's imagination.And then the dream—and the dream-making—become a nightmare. At the height of his success, David sets out to rediscover reality. Camera in hand, he journeys across the country in a mad and moving attempt to capture a sense of his own and his country's past, present, and future.NB: "In preparing this edition for publication, the author has made some cuts in the original text; there is no new material." [on copyright page]

Set against the backdrop of a lush and exotic Greece, The Names is considered the book which began to drive "sharply upward the size of his readership" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Among the cast of DeLillo's bizarre yet fully realized characters in The Names are Kathryn, the narrator's estranged wife; their son, the six-year-old novelist; Owen, the scientist; and the neurotic narrator obsessed with his own neuroses. A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself, The Names stands with any of DeLillo's more recent and highly acclaimed works. "The Names not only accurately reflects a portion of our contemporary world but, more importantly, an original world of its own is created."--Chicago Sun-Times"DeLillo sifts experience through simultaneous grids of science and poetry, analysis and clear sight, to make a high-wire prose that is voluptuously stark."--Village Voice Literary Supplement"DeLillo verbally examines every state of consciousness from eroticism to tourism, from the idea of America as conceived by the rest of the world, to the idea of the rest of the world as conceived by America, from mysticism to fanaticism."--New York Times

Billy Twillig has won the first Nobel Prize ever to be given in mathematics. Set in the near future, this book charts an innocent's education when Billy is sent to live in the company of 30 Nobel laureates and he is asked to decipher transmissions from outer space. By the author of Libra.

From the author of White Noise (winner of the National Book Award) and Zero K In this powerful, eerily convincing fictional speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy , Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald 's odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When "history" presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the president will galvanize the nation against communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped.A gripping, masterful blend of fact and fiction, alive with meticulously portrayed characters both real and created, Libra is a grave, haunting, and brilliant examination of an event that has become an indelible part of the American psyche.

At Logos College in West Texas, huge young men, vacuum-packed into shoulder pads and shiny helmets, play football with intense passion. During an uncharacteristic winning season, the perplexed and distracted running back Gary Harkness has periodic fits of nuclear glee; he is fueled and shielded by his fear of and fascination with nuclear conflict. Among some of the players, the terminologies of football and nuclear war—the language of end zones—become interchangeable, and their meaning deteriorates as the collegiate year runs its course. In this triumphantly funny novel, Don DeLillo explores the the borders of organized violence.

In this remarkable novel of menace and mystery Pammy and Lyle Wynant are an attractive, modern couple who seem to have it all. Yet behind their "ideal" life is a lingering boredom and quiet desperation which leads both of them into separate but equally fatal adventures. And still they remain untouched, "players" indifferent to the violence that surrounds them, and that they have helped to create.

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • An “eerie, brilliant, and touching” (The New York Times) modern classic about mass culture and the numbing effects of technology. “Tremendously funny . . . A stunning performance from one of our most intelligent novelists.”—The New Republic The inspiration for the award-winning major motion picture starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig Jack Gladney teaches Hitler Studies at a liberal arts college in Middle America where his colleagues include New York expatriates who want to immerse themselves in “American magic and dread.” Jack and his fourth wife, Babette, bound by their love, fear of death, and four ultramodern offspring, navigate the usual rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism. Then a lethal black chemical cloud floats over their lives, an “airborne toxic event” unleashed by an industrial accident. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the “white noise” engulfing the Gladney family—radio transmissions, sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV murmurings—pulsing with life, yet suggesting something ominous.

CRIME & MYSTERY. Moll Robbins is a journalist in a rut. But then she gets wind of a very exciting story: it concerns a small piece of celluloid, a pornographic film purportedly shot in a bunker in the climactic days of Berlin's fall with Hitler as its star. One person claims to have access to this unique piece of Naziana; inevitably, more than one wants it. Unfortunately for Moll, in the black-market world of erotica, the currency is blackmail, torture and corruption; and no price is too high.