Name: Libra (Contemporary American Fiction)
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Author: Don DeLillo
ISBN: 9780140156041

portada Libra (Contemporary American Fiction)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Don DeLillo

Publisher

Penguin

Year

1991

Language

English

Pages

480

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm

Weight

0.33 kg.

ISBN

0140156046

ISBN13

9780140156041

Synopsis "Libra (Contemporary American Fiction) "

From the author of White Noise (winner of the National Book Award) and The Silence, an eerily convincing fictional speculation on the events leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy In this powerful, unsettling novel, Don DeLillo chronicles Lee Harvey Oswald's odyssey from troubled teenager to a man of precarious stability who imagines himself an agent of history. When history presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of the president will galvanize the nation against communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped. A gripping, masterful blend of fact and fiction, alive with meticulously portrayed characters both real and created, Libra is a grave, haunting, and brilliant examination of an event that has become an indelible part of the American psyche.

Don DeLillo

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He is the author of sixteen novels and several plays. He has won numerous awards, such as the National Book Award for White Noise (1985; Seix Barral, 2006), the International Fiction Prize for Libra (1988; Seix Barral, 2006), the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for Mao II (1991; Seix Barral, 2008), the Howells Medal for Underworld (1997; Seix Barral, 2009) and the PEN/Saul Bellow Award and the Jerusalem Prize for his entire career.

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