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The Names (1982) is the seventh novel of American novelist Don DeLillo. The work, set mostly in Greece, is primarily a series of character studies, interwoven with a plot about a mysterious "language cult" that is behind a number of unexplained murders.
- 339 (Hardback first edition)
- Don DeLillo
- September 12, 1982
- Alfred A. Knopf
1 de ene. de 2001 · Pushing the logic of hippiedom to its extreme, The Names suggests an end point - a nihilistic cult whose reason for being is to murder people whose initials correspond to the names of their locations.
- (4.5K)
- Paperback
17 de jul. de 1989 · 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. Discover the latest buzz-worthy books, from mysteries and romance to humor and nonfiction. Explore more.
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- Vintage
- $15.99
“DeLillo’s most accomplished novel.” —Time “Compelling…strange and wonderful and frightening.” —The New Yorker “Exotic, atmospheric, curiously suspenseful, full of characters at once unusual and fully realized…an extraordinarily original and enveloping piece of work.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
- Paperback
Don DeLillo: The Names. While all of DeLillo’s novels are worth reading, it is with this novel that DeLillo ceases to be a good novelist and becomes a great one. The novel is set in Greece and in the Middle East and concerns the narrator, his wife Kathryn, an archeologist and their nine-year old son, a novelist.
Don DeLillo’s novel “The Names” was first published in 1982 and has since become a masterpiece of contemporary literature. Through its exploration of language, identity, and the human condition, the novel offers a complex and thought-provoking analysis of the modern world.
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.
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