Falling Man

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

Don DeLillo nació y creció en Nueva York. Es autor de diecisiete novelas y tres obras de teatro, y ha ganado numerosos premios, como el National Book Award por Ruido de fondo (1985; Seix Barral, 2006), el International Fiction Prize por Libra (1988; Seix Barral, 2006), el PEN/Faulkner Award de Ficción por Mao II (1991; Seix Barral, 2008), la Medalla Howells por Submundo (1997; Seix Barral, 2009), el Jerusalem Prize y el PEN/Saul Bellow Award a toda su carrera y la Medalla del National Book Award por su contribución a las letras estadounidenses.