It is a lighthearted farce that foreshadows much of his later, more. End zone is don delillo s second novel, published in 1972. Pdf epub don delillo, americas greatest living writer. Ostensibly, don delillos blackly comic second novel, end zone, is about gary harkness, a football player and student at logos college, west texas. 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. I reject heritage, background, tradition and birthright. In this essay i explore the world of games as conceived by don delillo in his second novel, end zone 1972. 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.
It is as much about whats written within its pages about football, about life, about identity, about solipsism as it is about whats not said the threat of the cold war, the vietnam war, the institutional racism that was and remains hidden behind the facade of niceties because people. A young man copes with college football and fears of nuclear war. During an uncharacteristic winning season, the perplexed and distracted running back gary harkness has periodic fits of nuclear glee. 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. The book seems like it would be about football, but it focuses just as much on nuclear war. End zone isbn 9780140085686 pdf epub don delillo ebook.
Penguin books ltd, 80 strand, london wc2r 0rl, england. During an uncharacteristic winning season, the perplexed and. The art of fiction caryn james i never set out to write an apocalyptic novel don delillo from americana don delillo from end zone don delillo from players. These things merely slow the progress of the human race. 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. During a season of unprecedented success, gary becomes increasingly fixated on the threat of nuclear war. This was the year in which i first became aware of my annual holy trinity of reading. End zone italian edition by don delillo in chm, fb2, rtf download ebook. Offering a timely and topical look at human beings obsession with conflict and confrontation, end zone is a clever, playful and, above all, funny novel, which confirms delillo s status as one of the great american writers of the twentieth and twentyfirst centuries, and reaffirms the unerring incisive accuracy of his portrayal of the modern world. 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. March 22, 1972 a touchdown for don delillo by christopher lehmannhaupt. Reviewing a don delillo novel even a sort of embryonic, proto delillo novel like end zone is a daunting task. End zone one of delillo s mythic characters, myna corbett, appears in end zone, the one novel that most of the authors critics agree is a brilliant piece. Myna, a student at logos college in west texas, is typical of delillo s female characters.
Read online, or download in secure epub format 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. Other novels include americana, end zone, and great jones street, all available from penguin. In this triumphantly funny, deeply searching novel, don delillo explores the metaphor of football as war with rich, original zeal. Among oddly afflicted and recognizable players, the terminologies of football and nuclear warthe language of end zonesbecome interchangeable, and their meaning deteriorates as the collegiate year runs its course. Whatever happens to me during any given year, these are the. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. End zone by don delillo, mariette in ecstasy by ron hansen, and in the heart of the heart of the country by william gass. Representation of symbolic battles in american football fiction. Don delillo s second novel end zone 1972, then, is garys first person account of a season of football at logos, but in addition to depictions of coaches, players, practices, and a climactic game, its about much more than football. The second novel by don delillo, author of white noise winner of the national book award and zero. 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. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. End zone is the title of don delillo s second novel published in 1972. End zone, don delillos second novel, isnt so much delillo primer as it is.
She is big, carrying 165 pounds, which she refuses to shed because of her desire not to have the responsibility of being beautiful. Characters discussed great characters in literature print print. Words, war, and meditation in don delillos end zone. Analysis and discussion of characters in don delillo s end zone. Several ironies surround delillo s absence from these and most other books on the contemporary american novel. End zone by delillo, don and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Diversity and multiplicity of themes in don delillos fiction. Diversity and multiplicity of themes in don delillos. Skills dept of english shri guru granth sahib world university, fatehgarh sahib, punjab, india abstract it is a common twentiethcentury thought that we.
It is a lighthearted farce that foreshadows much of his later, more mature work. They result in war and insanity, war and insanity, war and insanity. Thomas leclair mfs modern fiction studies johns hopkins. Logos means the word of god, or the principle of reason. Society intervenes in this and with organization attempts. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. What i offer here is a derridean analysis of a writer, don delillo, and a novel, end zone, that are unmentioned by thiher, caramello, and klinkowitz. For pure language he is one of my favorite writers, and has been ever since i. End zone is don delillos second novel, published in 1972. 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.
End zone 9780140085686 by delillo, don and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. I reject the christian god of love and money, although i don t reject love itself or money itself. Through a close reading of the text and by recruiting theoretical perspectives from literary criticism, psychoanalysis and philosophy, i. 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. Observer jack gladney is the creator and chairman of hitler studies at the. Ostensibly, don delillo s blackly comic second novel, end zone, is about gary harkness, a football player and student at logos college, west texas. Delillos end zone, john grishams bleachers and dan jenkins semitough. I reshot it and tried all my wizarding macbook powers to get it to go away but it wasnt happening. Donald richard delillo born november 20, 1936 is an american novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist.
Delillo world in end zone is the natural world of hobbes and not the peaceful world of rousseau. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of end zone by don delillo. This paper analyzes how don delillo uses his fictional novel, end zone, to examine the relationship between language, tradition, and the development of. No novel nails the omnipresent violence of football better than end zone, don delillo s second novel, published in 1972. I really enjoyed the book because i love reading books that go into lots of detail. Penguin group canada, 10 alcorn avenue, toronto, ontario, canada m4v 3b2 a division of pearson penguin canada inc. Its grown into a fourteenbilliondollar, logosoaked commercial circus. Published in 1972, end zone is awardwinning american author don delillo s second. Analysis of don delillos novels literary theory and. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading end zone.