The Names - Don DeLillo • BookLikes (ISBN:1447207211)

The Names

by: Don DeLillo (author)

A thriller, a mystery, and still a moving examination of family, loss and the amorphous and magical potential of language itself.

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Format: ebook

ISBN: 9781447207214 (1447207211)

Publisher: Picador Usa

Pages no: 352

Edition language: English

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Novels, Humanities, Language, Literature, Cultural, American, Literary Fiction, 20th Century, Mystery, Contemporary, Greece, United States

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LunaLuss rated it

9 years ago

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I think that Delillo's novels are the sort of novels that you either like or dislike. But then again i've read only two novels so far by him (and half a third novel), so it is still early to claim being right about this. I liked The Names alright. I enjoyed it in the sense that it’s not a boring n...

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narfna rated it

16 years ago

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Blech.

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Chrissie's Books rated it

17 years ago

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What I liked about this book is how the author captures how it feels to live in a foreign country,to move from one country to another, how one relates to a foreign culture and finally coping with foreign languages. Nevertheless, the plot was a bore!

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