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Ratner's Star (Vintage Contemporaries)

By Don DeLillo

Book information

Year
1989
ISBN
0679722920, 9780679722922
Open Library ID
OL7699791M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1465585 bytes)
Pages
448\98
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

One of DeLillo's first novels, Ratner's Star  follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space. It is a mix of quirky humor, science, mathematical theories, as well as the complex emotional distance and sadness people feel. Ratner's Star demonstrates both the thematic and prosaic muscularity that typifies DeLillo's later and more recent works, like The Names (which is also available in Vintage Contemporaries).

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