The Angel Esmeralda
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Author | Don DeLillo |
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Language | English |
Genre | Short Stories |
Publisher | Scribner |
Publication date | November 2011 |
Publication place | United States |
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The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories is a collection of short stories by Don DeLillo. The nine stories are printed in chronological order and were written between 1979 and 2011. It is DeLillo's only such collection.
Contents
Story | Originally published in | Date |
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"Creation" | Antaeus | Spring 1979 |
"Human Moments in World War III" | Esquire | July 1983 |
"The Runner" | Harper's | September 1988 |
"The Ivory Acrobat" | Granta | Autumn 1988 |
"The Angel Esmeralda" | Esquire | May 1994 |
"Baader-Meinhof" | The New Yorker | April 1, 2002 |
"Midnight in Dostoevsky" | The New Yorker | November 30, 2009 |
"Hammer and Sickle" | Harper's | December 2010 |
"The Starveling" | Granta | Autumn 2011 |
Reception
The collection was widely praised by critics. The Guardian described the stories as "masterfully designed" and "great art."[1] Writing in The New Yorker, Martin Amis said: "These nine pieces add up to something considerable, and form a vital addition to the corpus."[2] The New York Times called the stories "excellent" and said "DeLillo packs fertile ruminations and potent consolation into each of these rich, dense, concentrated stories."[3] The Daily Telegraph called the stories "robustly brilliant."[4]
Awards
- Finalist, 2011 The Story Prize
- Finalist, 2012 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
References
- ^ Poole, Steven (9 November 2011). "The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo – review". the Guardian.
- ^ Amis, Martin (14 November 2011). "Laureate of Terror" – via www.newyorker.com.
- ^ Schillinger, Liesl (17 November 2011). "The Angel Esmeralda - Nine Stories - By Don DeLillo - Book Review" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Critical eye: roundup of reviews". the Guardian. 4 November 2011.
External links
The Angel Esmeralda (Scribner edition) at the Internet Archive (account required)
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