Underworld
by Don DeLillo | Science Fiction & Fantasy | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0684842696 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0684842696 Global Overview for this book
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
This is SO not my normal type of book. The story seems intriguing and I've read a lot of people commenting on how challenging of a read this is... so I'm going to give it a try.
From Library Journal
On October 3, 1951, there occurred two "shots heard round the world"?Bobby Thomson's last-minute homer, which sent the N.Y. Giants into the World Series, and a Soviet atomic bomb test. The fallout from these two events provides the nexus for this sagalike rumination on the last 50 years of American cultural history. DeLillo's opening depiction of the scene at the N.Y. Polo Grounds that day is masterly. Unfortunately, sustaining the initial brilliance proves difficult. There are some marvelously drawn characters?Sister Edgar, a vision-seeking nun of the old school; Ismael, a ghetto-based graffiti artist and budding capitalist; J. Edgar Hoover?and thought-provoking ideas, e.g., waste as the cornerstone of civilization and the power of remembered images lurking just beneath the surface of our minds. But somehow the various parts of the story seem more satisfying than the whole. DeLillo is one of our most gifted contemporary authors whose works belong in all academic and public libraries, yet one suspects that his truly "great" novel is yet to come.
From Library Journal
On October 3, 1951, there occurred two "shots heard round the world"?Bobby Thomson's last-minute homer, which sent the N.Y. Giants into the World Series, and a Soviet atomic bomb test. The fallout from these two events provides the nexus for this sagalike rumination on the last 50 years of American cultural history. DeLillo's opening depiction of the scene at the N.Y. Polo Grounds that day is masterly. Unfortunately, sustaining the initial brilliance proves difficult. There are some marvelously drawn characters?Sister Edgar, a vision-seeking nun of the old school; Ismael, a ghetto-based graffiti artist and budding capitalist; J. Edgar Hoover?and thought-provoking ideas, e.g., waste as the cornerstone of civilization and the power of remembered images lurking just beneath the surface of our minds. But somehow the various parts of the story seem more satisfying than the whole. DeLillo is one of our most gifted contemporary authors whose works belong in all academic and public libraries, yet one suspects that his truly "great" novel is yet to come.
This poor book has sat on my shelves for years without being read. In preparing for an upcoming move, I'm thinning out my TBR, this one is going to be set free soon!
Journal Entry 3 by 
jare
at Flying Star - Juan Tabo in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA on Saturday, May 2, 2009
jare at Flying Star - Juan Tabo in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA on Saturday, May 2, 2009
On the shelf!
UPDATE: 05-18-2009
Book is no longer on the shelf.. happy trails!
UPDATE: 05-18-2009
Book is no longer on the shelf.. happy trails!
