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...could easily consume Don DeLillo??s “Point Omega” in a single sitting. Constructed of deliciously clear prose, the deceptively short fifteenth novel from the award-winning author of “White Noise” clocks in at a mere 117 pages, each of which gives the impression of a schoolboy’s essay that fell too far below page count; the line spacing feels tampered with, the sheets seem to contain a curiously low ratio of text to paper. Between each of the six sections lies a blank page?...
It’s as though the book is working against an inclination to condense—a reasonable concern for a story that, despite its size, centers itself around big questions, such as the unknowable power of space and time to erase, restructure, recreate. As usual, DeLillo??s concern for the shadow of self-consciousness falls over this work, altering the gravity of his story’s simple plot...
...true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever. The true life takes place when we’re alone, thinking, feeling, lost in memory, dreamingly self-aware, the submicroscopic moments.” This, the abstract framework, is the most important aspect of DeLillo??s novel, more so than a development of characters or the lack thereof, the progression of plot or its absence altogether...
...life in philosophy. He segues from talking about burgers to talking about moral theory and Kantian second-order thoughts seamlessly. He tells me about the scenes and jottings in his moleskine. He is as obsessed with David Foster Wallace as I am, and plans to read Infinite Jest and DeLillo??s Underworld this summer. “You just gotta do it big,” he says. Ehrlich stops and thinks. He takes off he glasses, rubs his face, and laughs. “Winning it was good. It’ll push you to do more...
...Rogan has to hop in and out of a heck of a lot of cabs and undergo many brief, and seemingly pointless, encounters. It was admittedly difficulty for me to remain interested in the film because of the lack of explanation or resolution of the various subplots throughout DeLillo??s hyper-real storyline...
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