A review by wulfus
Underworld by Don DeLillo
5.0
"There is something somber about the things we've collected and own, the household effects, there is something about the word itself, effects, the lacquered chest in the alcove, that breathes a kind of sadness - the wall hangings and artifacts and valuables - and I feel a loneliness, a loss, all the greater and stranger when the object is relatively rare and it's the hour after sunset in a stillness that feels unceasing."
Joyce Carol Oates said DeLillo has "frightening perception" and the way you read his passages about trash heaps, memorabilia, nuclear waste, condoms, certainly paints a terrifying emotional landscape of America. Not one to be despised or pitied, but one that longs to be cared for, for reconciliation. Makes me want to go to a Cubs game and smoke a Lucky Strike
Joyce Carol Oates said DeLillo has "frightening perception" and the way you read his passages about trash heaps, memorabilia, nuclear waste, condoms, certainly paints a terrifying emotional landscape of America. Not one to be despised or pitied, but one that longs to be cared for, for reconciliation. Makes me want to go to a Cubs game and smoke a Lucky Strike