Falling Man : A Novel (Paperback)

from Ameise1

The story revolves around the aftermath of 9/11. It shows the processing of the experience from the perspective of different characters. It took me a while to dive into the story as it jumps from one place to the next. What impressed me is not only the visibility of the survivors but also the pre...

from Ben.Cumberledge

I read Falling Man recently, coincidentally during the ten year anniversary of 9-11. I was pleased with the read, but not blown away as I have been by some of DeLillo's other novels (see: Underworld, Mao II). Some of the less-than-scholarly reviews I've seen on the Internet have described the cha...

from msbaba

Don Delillo is widely recognized as being one of America's finest postmodern writers. With Falling Man the author unleashed his mature and formidable talents in a heroic effort to create the quintessential 9/11 novel. But did he succeed? Delillo is famous for his exquisite writing and carefully c...

from cdeuker

A September 11th novel. Moves from victims to perpetrators, but focuses mainly on Keith, a survivor, and the psychic toll the event has taken on him. It returns him to his estranged wife, but the marriage is not happy, their child is angst-ridden, and Keith--even as he resumes his marriage--has a...

from sfhaa

Delillo's method of writing in Falling Man is deliberately fragmented, in time and in place. It is worried, confused and unreal - despite its premise lying in a harsh reality outside of fiction - and Delillo's prose conjures up a detached experience of events. He forms vignettes of narrative and ...