{"product_id":"don-delillo-three-novels-of-the-1980s-loa-363-the-names-white-noise-libra-9781598537338","title":"Don Delillo: Three Novels of the 1980s (Loa #363): The Names \/ White Noise \/ Libra","description":"\u003cb\u003eA definitive edition of a modern master: three essential works that reveal his incomparable style, dark humor, and uncanny sensitivity to the complexities of \"living in dangerous times\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e, now a major motion picture starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis first volume in the Library of America Don DeLillo edition presents three indispensable novels from the 1980s, published here with new prefaces from the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Names\u003c\/b\u003e (1982) was DeLillo's breakthrough novel, a book that, as he reflects here, spanned a \"broader expanse\" than his earlier novels. James Axton, a \"risk analyst\" tasked with assessing dangers for his corporate clients from terrorism and other forms of political upheaval, uncovers evidence of ritual murders committed by a cult obsessed with ancient languages. The investigations of these crimes yields a profound series of meditations on identity, disconnection, and the nature of language itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart campus satire, part midlife character study, and part fever dream of a hyperreality that has become uncannily familiar, the National Book Award-winning \u003cb\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/b\u003e (1985) creates a terrifying yet wickedly funny portrait of a postmodern America that is still recognizably ours, a world where children chant brand names in their sleep, university professors \"read nothing but cereal boxes,\" and \"you are the sum of your data.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree years in the research and writing, \u003cb\u003eLibra\u003c\/b\u003e (1988) offers a magnificent counter-history of the JFK assassination and a nuanced portrait of the president's murderer. DeLillo has observed that \"the novel, working within history, is also outside it, correcting, clearing up, finding balances and rhythms.\" The result is a revelatory new depiction of a defining event in twentieth-century history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRounding out the volume are two hard-to-find essays directly related to the novels: \"American Blood,\" the 1983 \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e article that was DeLillo's first effort to grapple with the JFK assassination and the welter of information and speculation the events of the killing and Oswald's own murder by Jack Ruby; and \"Silhouette City,\" an assessment of extremist right-wing groups and the troubling presence of neo-Nazism in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon DeLillo\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1936) is the author of fifteen novels (as well as a pseudonymous novel written with a collaborator), along with plays and the story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Angel Esmerelda\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded the National Book Award for \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e, the PEN\/Faulkner award for \u003ci\u003eMao II\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Jerusalem Prize and the William Dean Howells medal for \u003ci\u003eUnderworld\u003c\/i\u003e. He was granted the PEN\/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction in 2010, the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction in 2013, and the 2015 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Osteen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Magic and Dread: Don DeLillo's Dialogue with Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and the editor of the Viking Critical Edition of DeLillo's \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently director of the Loyola University Center for the Humanities. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50717383721234,"sku":"9781598537338","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bfe2636c-aa70-4221-bd08-f242a7135125.jpg?v=1734616519","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/don-delillo-three-novels-of-the-1980s-loa-363-the-names-white-noise-libra-9781598537338","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}