DeLillo
DeLillo refers to Don DeLillo, American novelist known for dense, cerebral fiction exploring consumerism, technology, terrorism, and the undercurrents of American life.
His works include *White Noise*, *Libra*, and *Underworld*.
The adjective DeLillo-esque or DeLilloian describes prose marked by paranoid atmospherics, cryptic dialogue, and meditations on modern alienation: The novel had a DeLillo-esque quality, all dread and supermarket aisles.
Irrational persecution fears
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- terrorismIntimidation through targeted violence
- media saturationExcessive information coverage
- technologyApplied scientific methods
death · language · capitalism · Cold War · assassination · nuclear anxiety · mass culture · simulacra
Skeptical of metanarratives
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- dialogue-drivenRelying on spoken exchange
- hyperrealityRepresentations supplanting the genuine
- ironyMeaning opposite to words
metafiction · nonlinear · prophetic · cerebral · minimalist · detached · elliptical · meditative
Recently written realistic novels
- American literatureU.S. written works
- National Book AwardU.S. literary honor
- BronxNYC's northernmost borough
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
maximalism · literary fiction · counterculture · Baudrillard · Pynchon · McCarthy
paranoia
Irrational persecution fears
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- terrorismIntimidation through targeted violence
- media saturationExcessive information coverage
technology · death · language · capitalism · Cold War · assassination · nuclear anxiety · mass culture · simulacra · surveillance
Underworld
Realm of the dead
postmodern
Skeptical of metanarratives
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
- dialogue-drivenRelying on spoken exchange
- hyperrealityRepresentations supplanting the genuine
irony · metafiction · nonlinear · prophetic · cerebral · minimalist · detached · elliptical · meditative · philosophical
Lee Harvey Oswald
contemporary fiction
Recently written realistic novels
- American literatureU.S. written works
- National Book AwardU.S. literary honor
- BronxNYC's northernmost borough
New York · maximalism · literary fiction · counterculture · Baudrillard · Pynchon · McCarthy
DeLilloAnne Tyler
John Grisham · Nicholas Sparks · Alice Munro · Danielle Steel · James Patterson
DeLilloToni Morrison
"Song of Solomon"
William Faulkner · Cormac McCarthy · John Updike · lyricism · maximalism