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Falling Man is a novel that tells the story of the aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks. The novel focuses on the private lives of a few people who were affected by the attacks. DeLillo shifts his focus to the emotional landscape of America, its memory, and its perception of the world after the attacks. The novel is both beautiful and heartbreaking, and it is an unforgettable read.
In this essential work of fiction, DeLillo traces the way the events of September 11 kindled or rekindled relationships and reconfigured America's perceptions of the world, in a novel that is beautiful, heartbreaking, and, ultimately, redemptive. 'Searing, profoundly unsettling. An unforgettable novel' - Sunday Times . Falling Man begins on September 11, in the smoke and ash of the burning towers. In the days and the years following, we trace the aftermath of this global tremor in the private lives of a few reticulated individuals. Theirs are lives choreographed by loss, by grief and by the enormous force of history. From these intimate portraits, DeLillo shifts to an extrapolated vision: he charts the way the events have reconfigured our emotional landscape, our memory and our perception of the world. This is an unforgettable novel, at once cathartic and beautiful and heartbreaking. 'These are pages of magnificent force and control, DeLillo's genius at full pelt. Reading them, you have to remind yourself to keep breathing' - New Statesman . Review: Falling Man brings at least a measure of memory, tenderness and meaning to all that howling space. -- Frank Rich, The New York Times Book Review
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