I tried the same two books by DeLillo and came to the same conclusion about it as Paul did.
Veronica----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stone" <pastone@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 5:08 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Don DeLillo's _Falling Man_ brief excerpt
I've tried DeLillo twice (White Noise and Underworld) and I just don't get the attraction. The blurbs on the books are intriguing... the books are not. I think his kind of writing is the number one reason that an American author hasn't won the NobelPPforLit since '93 and that was just a token vote. Of course, when you look at who HAS won it in the past 25 years, well, it's actually a wonder that Delillo isn't in there. saying nothing either way, p ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
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