About the book
Set against the backdrop of a lush and exotic Greece, The Names is considered the book which began to drive \"sharply upward the size of his readership\" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Among the cast of DeLillo's bizarre yet fully realized characters in The Names are Kathryn, the narrator's estranged wife; their son, the six-year-old novelist; Owen, the scientist; and the neurotic narrator obsessed with his own neuroses. A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself, The Names stands with any of DeLillo's more recent and highly acclaimed works.
\"The Names not only accurately reflects a portion of our contemporary world but, more importantly, creates an original world of its own.\"--Chicago Sun-Times
\"DeLillo sifts experience through simultaneous grids of science and poetry, analysis and clear sight, to make a high-wire prose that is voluptuously stark.\"--Village Voice Literary Supplement
\"DeLillo verbally examines every state of consciousness from eroticism to tourism, from the idea of America as conceived by the rest of the world to the idea of the rest of the world as conceived by America, from mysticism to fanaticism.\"--New York Times
Editions of The Names
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780394528144
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780679722953
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307817181
Read an Excerpt
Set against the backdrop of a lush and exotic Greece, The Names is considered the book which began to drive \"sharply upward the size of his readership\" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Among the cast of DeLillo's bizarre yet fully realized characters in The Names are Kathryn, the narrator's estranged wife; their son, the six-year-old novelist; Owen, the scientist; and the neurotic narrator obsessed with his own neuroses. A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself, The Names stands with any of DeLillo's more recent and highly acclaimed works.
\"The Names not only accurately reflects a portion of our contemporary world but, more importantly, creates an original world of its own.\"--Chicago Sun-Times
\"DeLillo sifts experience through simultaneous grids of science and poetry, analysis and clear sight, to make a high-wire prose that is voluptuously stark.\"--Village Voice Literary Supplement
\"DeLillo verbally examines every state of consciousness from eroticism to tourism, from the idea of America as conceived by the rest of the world to the idea of the rest of the world as conceived by America, from mysticism to fanaticism.\"--New York Times
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Names about?
Set against the backdrop of a lush and exotic Greece, The Names is considered the book which began to drive \"sharply upward the size of his readership\" (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Among the cast of DeLillo's bizarre yet fully realized characters in The Names are Kathryn, the narrator's estranged wife; their son, the six-year-old novelist; Owen, the scientist; and the neurotic narrator obsessed with his own neuroses. A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss, and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself, The Names stands with any of DeLillo's more recent and highly acclaimed works.
\"The Names not only accurately reflects a portion of our contemporary world but, more importantly, creates an original world of its own.\"--Chicago Sun-Times
\"DeLillo sifts experience through simultaneous grids of science and poetry, analysis and clear sight, to make a high-wire prose that is voluptuously stark.\"--Village Voice Literary Supplement
\"DeLillo verbally examines every state of consciousness from eroticism to tourism, from the idea of America as conceived by the rest of the world to the idea of the rest of the world as conceived by America, from mysticism to fanaticism.\"--New York Times
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Names?
Fiction > Family life fiction / Stories about family
Where can I read a sample of The Names?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780394528144
Is The Names part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Vintage Contemporaries
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Names?
Don DeLillo
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Names is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780394528144) and paperback(ISBN 9780679722953) and ebook(ISBN 9780307817181)
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