{"product_id":"the-names-paperback","title":"The Names - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDon Delillo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of a lush and exotic Greece, \u003cb\u003eThe Names\u003c\/b\u003e is considered the book which began to drive \"sharply upward the size of his readership\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e). Among the cast of DeLillo's bizarre yet fully realized characters in \u003cb\u003eThe Names\u003c\/b\u003e 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, \u003cb\u003eThe Names\u003c\/b\u003e stands with any of DeLillo's more recent and highly acclaimed works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eThe Names\u003c\/b\u003e not only accurately reflects a portion of our contemporary world but, more importantly, creates an original world of its own.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"DeLillo sifts experience through simultaneous grids of science and poetry, analysis and clear sight, to make a high-wire prose that is voluptuously stark.\"--\u003ci\u003eVillage Voice Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet 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. \u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003cbr\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant...a powerful, haunting book.'- Michael Wood: 'Almost every page of The Names gives evidence of its author's brilliance and originality.'- Gene Lyons: 'Exceptional--a startling and potent work of fiction.' -- Arthur J. Sabatini\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon DeLillo is the author of fifteen novels, including \u003ci\u003eZero K\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUnderworld, Falling Man, White Noise, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLibra\u003c\/i\u003e. He has won the National Book Award, the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize for his complete body of work, and the William Dean Howells Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2010, he was awarded the PEN\/Saul Bellow Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Angel Esmeralda\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the 2011 Story Prize and the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction. In 2012, DeLillo received the Carl Sandburg Literary Award for his body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 339\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 7.96 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 17, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42175796936839,"sku":"9780679722953","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c063cf463f7087b62f25e57ec12fd2f9.webp?v=1733384291","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-names-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}