Point omega by don delillo meet your next favorite book. Mar 20, 2010 don delillo point omega by don delillo. I wouldnt say point omega is my favorite, i don t even know if i have a favorite, but point omega is a good read, and possibly a good entry point into delillo. Point omega is the worst book don delillo has ever produced. Richard elster, seventythree, was a scholaran outsiderwhen he was called to a meeting with government war. Don delillo point omega read and download epub, pdf, fb2. Sam anderson on point omega by don delillo new york magazine. Jan 21, 2010 the strongest material in point omega is only tangentially related to the books main story, and is essentially just art criticism. The omega point is a spiritual belief and a scientific speculation that everything in the universe is fated to spiral towards a final point of divine unification. Kindle store go search best sellers gift ideas new releases. What does don delillo share with marilyn manson and dilbert. Point omega by don delillo, 9780330512398, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Point omega, by don delillo abe greenwald, commentary.
Written in hypnotic prose, point omega is both a metaphysical meditation and a deeply unsettling mystery, from which one thing emerges. In this potent and beautiful novel, the writer the new york times calls prophetic about twentyfirstcentury america looks into the mind and heart of a scholar. It is delillo s fifteenth novel published under his own name and his first published work of fiction since his 2007 novel falling man. He has done this before, and the effort has paid off in moments of crystalline revelation. It reminded me of a better version of philip roths novel, the ghost writer, a. Point omega is delillos shortest novel to date, and he has said it could be considered a companion piece to the body artist.
That he has attempted to construct a piece of fiction in which perception itself serves as narrative is not the problem. This reading group guide for point omega by don delillo includes an introduction, discussion questions, and ideas for enhancing your book club. Dec 14, 2010 i wouldnt say point omega is my favorite, i don t even know if i have a favorite, but point omega is a good read, and possibly a good entry point into delillo. Point omega book by don delillo official publisher. He has won the national book award, the penfaulkner award for fiction, the jerusalem prize for his complete body of work, and the will. Another formidable construction by a very distinctive writer. Unlike some of delillo s others, point omega does not require a substantial investment of time, but if you do read this as your first delillo novel, then you owe it to yourself to read. Entirely too long at 117 pages, don delillos latest novel novella really, point omega, was inspired by an installation at the museum of modern art in 2006 called 24 hour psycho by douglas. Point omega editions heres the scribner page for the book which now features a short excerpt of the book. Point omega book by don delillo official publisher page. For those familiar with delillo, well, you already know, and i don t think theres anything new i can tell you.
A novel by delillo, don and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Don delillos latest work point omega takes an oblique, subtle, and unnerving tackle at themes of time, perception, family, and, ultimately, personal apocalypse. Unlike some of delillo s others, point omega does not require a substantial investment of time, but if you do read this as your first delillo novel, then you owe it to yourself to read two or three others. For those familiar with delillo, well, you already know, and i dont think theres anything new i can tell you. Unlike some of delillos others, point omega does not require a substantial investment of time, but if you do read this as your first delillo novel, then you owe it to yourself to read two or three others. One suspects delillo is setting them up for a fall, especially when elster maintains theyre closing in on the omega point, a concept postulating an eventual leap out of our biology, as. Teilhard was both a jesuit priest and a paleontologist, so. Don delillo s 16th novel, point omega, is a book about time, extinction, loss and whether art can make sense of those forces. Don delillo s spectacular career seemed to have reached some kind of omega zone almost 20 years ago.
Its not a particularly fun book nor does it yield any direct answers, but its also a rewarding, engaging, and often challenging read. In the middle of a desert somewhere south of nowhere, to a forlorn house made of metal and clapboard, a secret war advisor has gone in search of space and time. Delillo gradually circles into his story in point omega. In the first section of the book, delillo presents readers with an unnamed character who is obsessed with a museum screening.
After the redhot streak of the names, white noise and libra, his 10th. The other thing that point omega does is partially restore me to my admiration of don delillo. Don delillo author don delillo is the author of fifteen novels, including zero k, underworld, falling man, white noise, and libra. Point omega is a novella by don delillo that explores dread, paranoia, death, and violence. Delillos deeply engaged description of what its like to. Now, in point omega, a book quite different to white noise but no less unmistakably by don delillo, we are presented with a sort of human counterpoint to that phenomenon. Don delillos point omega may only be a short novel but, says matt thorne, it is chockfull with themes. Point omega by don delillo overdrive rakuten overdrive. The suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion. The strongest material in point omega is only tangentially related to the books main story, and is essentially just art criticism. Don delillo explores the radical manipulation of time in this novel, which brings an iraq war planner, his daughter and a filmmaker together at a. Now, in point omega, he takes on the secret strategists in america s war machine. Point omega is a short novel by the american author don delillo that was published in hardcover by scribners on february 2, 2010.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read point omega. Given delillos politics, elster is an enigmatic figure who must bear the pain of his complicity in the war. It is curious, then, that the postmodernist master don delillo chooses this as the title of his very succinct latest work, clocking in at only 128 pages and seemingly, at first. The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever. And in the 117page point omega, delillos lean prose is so spare and concentrated that the aftereffects are more powerful than usual. Don delillos austere new novel is an object lesson in latephase literature says james lasdun. Feb 02, 2010 richard elster, the central character of point omega, don delillos slender new novella, is a scholar who helped the pentagon conceptualize an intellectual framework for the iraq war. Now, in point omega, a book quite different to white noise but no less unmistakably by don delillo, we are presented with a sort of human. In its reflections on time and loss, this may be a philosophical novel and maybe, considering its themes, the book shares a place in my work with the body artist, another novel of abbreviated length. Spare and compact at 117 pages, the novel follows a filmmaker who is.
Don delillos spectacular career seemed to have reached some kind of omega zone almost 20 years ago. There is no room for false steps, and even the surefooted will want to double. Point omega published by scribner, february 2010 isbn10. Richard elster, the central character of point omega, don delillos slender new novella, is a scholar who helped the pentagon conceptualize an intellectual framework for the iraq war. In the middle of a desert somewhere south of nowhere, to a. Reading it is akin to a brisk hike up a desert mountaina trifle arid, perhaps, but with occasional views of breathtaking grandeur. Don delillo point omega read and download epub, pdf, fb2, mobi. Point omega, by don delillo abe greenwald, commentary magazine. Point omega ist ein roman des amerikanischen schriftstellers don delillo. Feb 07, 2010 don delillos spectacular career seemed to have reached some kind of omega zone almost 20 years ago. Jan 30, 2010 don delillo s latest work point omega takes an oblique, subtle, and unnerving tackle at themes of time, perception, family, and, ultimately, personal apocalypse. In the middle of a desert somewhere south of nowhere, to a forlorn. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction.
Buy point omega by delillo, don from amazons fiction books store. I havent read all of delillos novels, but i bet ive read twothirds of them. Sam anderson on point omega by don delillo new york. Its usually inadvisable to look too closely at such parallels, but in fiction, nothing is coincidence, and in this case, the connection looms so large over the proceedings, it. Point omega is delillo s shortest novel to date, and he has said it could be considered a companion piece to the body artist. One suspects delillo is setting them up for a fall, especially when elster maintains theyre closing in on the omega point, a concept postulating an eventual leap out of our biology, as elster puts it, an ultimate evolution in which brute matter becomes analytical human thought. In his earlier novels, he has written about conspiracy theory, the cold war, and global terrorism. Buy a cheap copy of point omega book by don delillo. Mar 05, 2010 buy point omega by delillo, don from amazons fiction books store. A page on don delillo s 2010 novel point omega don delillo 2010. At first, the novel appears to be about avantgarde cinema, setting up two contrasting plots that both deal with motion pictures.