"He speaks in your voice, American, and there's a shine in his eye that's halfway hopeful."
-- Underworld by Don DiLillo.
And we are off on an 850+ page meandering, at least a third of which I don't understand, a third I don't care about, and a third I enjoy. I just don't think I'm cut out to be a DiLillo fan.
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Opening Sentence of the Day: Underworld
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"He speaks in your voice, American, and there's a shine in his eye that's halfway hopeful."
-- Underworld by Don DiLillo.
And we are off on an 850+ page meandering, at least a third of which I don't understand, a third I don't care about, and a third I enjoy. I just don't think I'm cut out to be a DiLillo fan.
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"He speaks in your voice, American, and there's a shine in his eye that's halfway hopeful."
-- Underworld by Don DiLillo.
And we are off on an 850+ page meandering, at least a third of which I don't understand, a third I don't care about, and a third I enjoy. I just don't think I'm cut out to be a DiLillo fan.
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I have a friend who read this recently. She said is was a bear to get through, but ulitmately she liked even though it made her despressed. I have read no DeLillo yet, but I have White Noise here and Falling Man on the Very Soon list.
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I'm about halfway through it so far and I find it disconcerting. It is all mixed up in time, with lots of characters and not much of a plot. It is making me have disturbing dreams.
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