Libra

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When "history" presents itself in the form of two disgruntled CIA operatives who decide that an unsuccessful attempt on the life of JFK will galvanize the nation against Communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped.

An unparalleled work of historical conjecture, ranging imaginatively over huge tracts of the American popular consciousness, Don DeLillo's Libra contains an introduction by the author in Penguin Modern Classics.

In this powerful, eerily convincing fictional speculation on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, 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 JFK will galvanize the nation against Communism, the scales are irrevocably tipped.

Don DeLillo (b.1936) was born and raised in New York City. Americana (1971), his first novel, announced the arrival of a major literary talent, and the novels that followed confirmed his reputation as one of the most distinctive and compelling voices in late-twentieth-century American fiction. DeLillo's comic gifts come to the fore in White Noise (1985), which won the National Book Award, Underworld (1997), hailed by Martin Amis as 'the ascension of a great writer', Cosmopolis (2003), adapted into a film by David Cronenberg, due to be released later this year, and Falling Man (2007), a novel about the aftereffects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.

If you enjoyed Libra, you might like DeLillo's Americana, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

'Don DeLillo's apocalyptic imagination takes on the assassination of John F. Kennedy... Breathtaking'
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Libra

Rating: 3.7 / 5 | Prijs: € 11.86

think of two parallel lines one is the life of lee h oswald one is the conspiracy to kill the president what bridges the space between them what makes a connection inevitable there is a third line it comes out of dreams visions intuitions prayers out of the deepest levels of the self a Uiterlijk 15 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Libra

Rating: 3.7 / 5 | Prijs: € 11.81

Reimagining the events and people surrounding the assassination of president john f kennedy this title concentrates on the lives of lee harvey oswald some rogue former spooks unhappy with kennedy s presidency and nicholas branch a cia archivist trying to make sense of or draw inferences from th Uiterlijk 15 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Libra

Rating: 3.7 / 5 | Prijs: € 18

The scheme of two disgruntled cia agents to stage an unsuccessful attempt on the life of president kennedy and link it to cuba backfires when the erratic lee harvey oswald goes too far Uiterlijk 22 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 02 maart 2006

Aantal pagina's: 464

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Don DeLillo

Hoofduitgeverij: Penguin Classics

Product breedte: 131 mm

Product hoogte: 30 mm

Product lengte: 198 mm

Studieboek: Nee

Verpakking breedte: 128 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 32 mm

Verpakking lengte: 200 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 166 g

EAN: 9780141188225

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