The Angel Esmeralda : Nine Stories

Resumen del libro

A finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Story Prize, the first ever collection of dazzlingly told ("The New York Times") short stories now available as a trade paperback. Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, this small masterpiece of short fiction ("USA Today") is a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo s iconic voice. In Creation, a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies can t get off the island flights canceled, unconfirmed reservations, a dysfunctional economy.

In Human Moments in World War III, two men orbiting the earth, charged with gathering intelligence and reporting to Colorado Command, hear the voices of American radio, from a half century earlier. In the title story, Sisters Edgar and Grace, nuns working the violent streets of the South Bronx, confirm the neighborhood s miracle, the apparition of a dead child, Esmeralda. Nuns, astronauts, athletes, terrorists and travelers, the characters in "The Angel Esmeralda "propel themselves into the world and define it.

These nine stories describe an extraordinary journey of one great writer whose prescience about world events and ear for American language changed the literary landscape."

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.