Falling Man: A Novel
2 journalers for this copy...
"There is September 11 and then there are the days after, and finally the years.
Falling Man is a magnificent, essential novel about the event that defines turn-of-the-century America. It begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and tracks the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives of a few people.
First there is Keith, walking out of the rubble into a life that he'd always imagined belonged to everyone but him. Then Lianne, his es-tranged wife, memory-haunted, trying to reconcile two versions of the same shadowy man. And their small son Justin, standing at the window, scanning the sky for more planes.
These are lives choreographed by loss, grief and the enormous force of history."
A wishlist audio book! Acquired through PBS. (unabridged on 6 CD's; read by John Slattery)
Falling Man is a magnificent, essential novel about the event that defines turn-of-the-century America. It begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and tracks the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives of a few people.
First there is Keith, walking out of the rubble into a life that he'd always imagined belonged to everyone but him. Then Lianne, his es-tranged wife, memory-haunted, trying to reconcile two versions of the same shadowy man. And their small son Justin, standing at the window, scanning the sky for more planes.
These are lives choreographed by loss, grief and the enormous force of history."
A wishlist audio book! Acquired through PBS. (unabridged on 6 CD's; read by John Slattery)
Wow, I really struggled to get through this. I do think this is one of the most unremarkable books I've read in a long time, and I suspect I'll forget all about it within a few hours of finishing. I feel guilty saying that about a 9/11-themed book, but there you go. Having not read DeLillo before, I wasn't sure what to expect, but I'd added this to my wishlist some time ago based on a good review I'd read. I would hope this is not one of his best. The plot was so disjointed -- jumping around in time, changing perspective constantly, and just really not resonating with me at all in the whole. There were some well-written lines & phrases, but the story itself was so dull & confusing, I just bided my time until it was finished. I listened to this on audio, and I think that the transitions between viewpoints were harder to follow because of this. In the dialogue sections, I had an extremely difficult time telling who was saying what. And the ending was so abrupt that I thought for sure my audio cut off unexpectedly. Based on this book, I don't think I'll run out & read another book by this author.
Putting this one in BigJohnLefty's audio box. Gee...my review probably will discourage someone from taking it. But maybe someone can appreciate it more than I did.
Just received via BigJohnLefty's Audiobox. I picked it out BEFORE I read this review indygo88! I will try to not let that cloud my judgement ;-) lol
