num_pages: 224
description: From one of the greatest writers of our time a collection of short stories written between 1979 and 2011; chroniclingand foretellingthree decades of American culture.From one of the greatest writers of our time his first collection of short stories written between 1979 and 2011 chroniclingand foretellingthree decades of American lifeSet in Greece the Caribbean Manhattan a white-collar prison and outer space these nine stories are a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillos iconic voice from the rich startling jazz-infused rhythms of his early work to the spare distilled monastic language of the later stories.In Creation a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies cant get off the islandflights canceled unconfirmed reservations a dysfunctional economy. In Human Moments in World War III two men orbiting the earth charged with gathering intelligence and reporting to Colorado Command hear the voices of American radio from a half century earlier. In the title story Sisters Edgar and Grace nuns working the violent streets of the South Bronx confirm the neighborhoods miracle the apparition of a dead child Esmeralda.Nuns astronauts athletes terrorists and travelers the characters in The Angel Esmeralda propel themselves into the world and define it. DeLillos sentences are instantly recognizable as original as the splatter of Jackson Pollock or the luminous rectangles of Mark Rothko. These nine stories describe an extraordinary journey of one great writer whose prescience about world events and ear for American language changed the literary landscape.
language: English
title: The Angel Esmeralda
publisher: Scribner