Publication date 1972 topics football players, college sports publisher. Delillo is known for his skill at manipulating the intricacies of language. Don delillo books list of books by author don delillo. The book seems like it would be about football, but it focuses just as much on nuclear war. Keep in mind that what the book lacks in traditional story is more than made up for in the dialogue that drives that narrative. Its definitely not his greatest work and if youre new to his stuff id point you in the direction of something like libra or white noise, both of which came later in delillos career and for me pick apart more interesting subjects. End zone 9780671820121 by don delillo and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Analysis of don delillos novels literary theory and.
Americana 1971 end zone 1972 great jones street 1973 ratners star 1976 running dog 1978 players 1978 the names 1982 white. End zone mainly notable as the novel with which delillo crystallized his style, this goofy sophomore effort uses a football game as an extended metaphor for. Don delillo harry truman new york giants underworld dodgers empire state building taj mahal travel books. Theres little plot to speak of in this second novel, just a series of hilarious riffs on the parallels between football and nuclear war.
Publication date 1986 topics football players, college sports publisher new york, n. End zone will disappoint readers who hurry through its pages. The second novel by don delillo, author of white noise winner of the national book award. End zone is the title of don delillo s second novel published in 1972. End zone is packed with scenes of men shouting in elaborate code languages and with obvious symbolic tableau. During a winning season the running back is fueled by a fascination with nuclear conflict. Hes diagnosing the human condition down to the moment and the place. To ask other readers questions about end zone, please sign up.
During a season of unprecedented success, gary becomes increasingly fixated on the. Donald richard delillo born november 20, 1936 is an american novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. Don delillo is the author of fifteen novels, including zero k, underworld. Reviews of the end zone up to now concerning the book weve got end zone pdf suggestions end users have not still quit his or her article on the action, or otherwise not read it yet. Final thoughts on delillos end zone by bethany postcards. Don delillo was awarded the 1999 jerusalem prize, recognizing a writer who addresses individual freedom in society.
Several ironies surround delillos absence from these and most other books on the contemporary american novel. Americana was followed in rapid succession by the american college football nuclear war black comedy end zone 1972 written under the workingtitles the selferasing word and modes of disaster technology and the rock and roll satire great jones street 1973, which delillo later felt was one of the books i wish id done. The booming times of market optimismwhen the culture boiled with money and corporations seemed more vital and influential than governments are poised to crash. End zone isnt even about a professional player but a college player in dusty. Football is a war game, and no one knew it better than don delillo. Net login register for bookmarks and favorites menu login. You may remember delillo s recent first novel americana which never succeeded in getting it to gether although then, as again now, he seems to have at his natural command a kind of articulate mobility one cannot help but admire. You may remember delillos recent first novel americana which never succeeded in getting it to gether although then, as again now, he seems to have at his natural command a kind of articulate mobility one cannot help but admire.
It is a lighthearted farce that preshadows much of his later, more mature work. His wideranging, somewhat strange novels go less for the emotions than for the readers very interpretations of reality. Penguin books end zone don delillo published his first short story when he was twentythree years old. He has since written thirteen novels, including white noise 1985, which won the national book award. Among players the terminologies of football and nuclear war the language of end zones become interchanged. Published in 1972, end zone is awardwinning american author don delillos second novel. No novel nails the omnipresent violence of football better than end zone. For pure language he is one of my favorite writers, and has been ever since i first picked up white noise in college. But dont get confused because war is not football, only football is football and only war is war. Below is a list of don delillos books in order of when they were first released. The setting of the novel is based in west texas, a small logo college. Of course no one talks like the characters in delillos books. There were several broad hints of further almsgiving. End zone is the one instance where dons patented approximating humanoid dialogue really serves a function.
H ow now to celebrate the magic of don delillos second novel without making it. Its hard to know for sure 100% if you know what hes saying, not just in end zone but in some of his other books as well. In cosmopolis by don delillo, it is an april day in the year 2000 and an era is about to end. Myna, a student at logos college in west texas, is typical of delillos female characters. It is a lighthearted farce that foreshadows much of his later, more mature work. Discussing the shift from his first novel, the filminfluenced americana, to end zone, delillo has said that with this second book i began to suspect that language was a subject as well as an instrument in my work. A young man copes with college football and fears of nuclear war. Set at small logos college in west texas, end zone is narrated in first person by gary harkness, a blocking back on the american football team during the schools first integrated year. Ostensibly, don delillo s blackly comic second novel, end zone, is about gary harkness, a football player and student at logos college, west texas. In 2011, martin amis listed end zone among his favorite novels in delillos output. He has since written thirteen novels, including white noise 1985, which won.
Read end zone by don delillo available from rakuten kobo. You may remember delillos recent first novel americana which never succeeded in getting it to gether although then, as again now, he seems to have at his natural command a kind of articulate mobility. See more ideas about books, underworld book and negative space art. Our guide to the don delillo oeuvre new york magazine. End zone ebook by don delillo 9781101659861 rakuten kobo. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television, nuclear war, sports, the complexities of language, performance art, the cold war, mathematics, the advent of the digital age, politics, economics, and global terrorism. The second novel by don delillo, author of white noise winner of the national book award and zero k at logos college in west texas, huge young men, vacuumpacked into shoulder pads and shiny helmets, play football with intense passion. White noise books by don delillo penguin group usa see more. End zone first edition signed don delillo bauman rare. Our guide to the don delillo oeuvre new york magazine nymag.
Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. I really enjoyed the book because i love reading books that go into lots of detail. Eventually i received twentyeight offers of athletic scholarships tuition, books, room and board, fifteen dollars a month. March 22, 1972 a touchdown for don delillo by christopher lehmannhaupt. End zone by delillo, don and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The second novel by don delillo, author of white noise winner of the national book award and zero k at logos college in west texas, huge young men. End zone don delillo page 2 read online free books. Yet overall i think his novels fail more often than they succeed. His books might leave america but theyre always about this country, and end zone is no. Any summary of the plot of the end zone is bound to confuse those who compare the brevity of the synopsis to the hefty weight of the book itself. The second novel by don delillo, author of white noise winner of the national book award and. Delillo wants to play linguistic games at logos college.
Visions were painted of lovely young ladies with charitable instincts of their own. Strangelove meets north dallas forty, solidified his place in the american literary landscape in the early 1970s. You may remember delillo s recent first novel americana which never succeeded in getting it to gether although then, as again now, he seems to have at his natural command a kind of articulate mobility. End zone follows college football star and selfproclaimed exile gary harkness as he embraces his two passions. She is big, carrying 165 pounds, which she refuses to shed because of her desire not to have the responsibility of being beautiful. First edition of this captivating novel about football, war, and jargon, signed on the half title by don delillo. This psychomythical his word abstraction is presumably about football but actually about speed speed is the last excitement left, the one thing we havent used up. Of course no one talks like the characters in delillos books, but here that is sort of the joke. End zone, don delillos second novel, isnt so much delillo primer as it is like a few strokes of some of the themes delillo might and in some cases will touch on later. End zone is a used trade paperback available to purchase and shipped from firefly bookstore in kutztown, pa. The story of an angstridden, warobsessed running back for logos college in west texas, end zone is a heady and hilarious conflation of cold war existentialism. Aug 02, 2018 end zone mainly notable as the novel with which delillo crystallized his style, this goofy sophomore effort uses a football game as an extended metaphor for nuclear war or vice versa, and gets extra points for being really, really funny. Jeff somers conversely ranked it 10th out of 17 of the authors books.
Synopsis ostensibly, don delillo s blackly comic second novel, end zone, is about gary harkness, a football player and student at logos college, west texas. The novel was written in 1972, just some months after the initial novel. End zone is about language and war and men and death. Still one of his best endings, and in my top 5 by the don.
The only two delillo novels i hadnt read were this and americana, his first and im determined. Ostensibly, don delillos blackly comic second novel, end zone, is about gary harkness, a football player and student at logos college, west texas. Set at small logos college in west texas, end zone is narrated by gary harkness, a blocking back on the american football team during that schools first integrated season. Has anyone here happened to have read delillos 1972 novel centering on american football as a metaphor for war called end zone. The second novel by don delillo, author of white noise winner of the national book.
Synopsis ostensibly, don delillos blackly comic second novel, end zone, is about gary harkness, a football player and student at logos college, west texas. End zone is don delillo s second novel, published in 1972. The story of an angstridden, warobsessed running back for logos college in west texas, end zone is a heady and hilarious conflation of cold war existentialism and the parodied parallelism of battlefieldsports rhetoric. Delillos absence from these and most other books on the contemporary. End zone one of delillos mythic characters, myna corbett, appears in end zone, the one novel that most of the authors critics agree is a brilliant piece. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading end zone. End zone is the title of don delillos second novel published in 1972. The novel had its initial publication in 1972 and it has about 200 pages. He wants blood in the syntax and grass in the prose. For pure language he is one of my favorite writers. This is the second book that was written by don delillo. End zone is don delillos second novel, published in 1972. He has written about books for salon, npr, the daily beast, lithub, the. Flooring readers with his complex, intelligent evocations of modernday america and the philosophical challenges of living in it, don delillo swiftly established himself as an important writer.
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