by Don DeLillo · Círculo De Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788467228977
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«El hombre del salto» is the novel by Don DeLillo published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback, with 277 pages, in Spanish.
Set in New York after 9/11, it narrates the return of Keith Neudecker, a surviving lawyer, to his wife Lianne and her obsession with the image of a falling man, recreated by a street artist. DeLillo interweaves the life of Hammad, one of those involved in the attacks, in a reflection on trauma and the search for meaning.
The novel was originally published as Falling Man in 2007; this Spanish edition came out in 2008 and was nominated for the Dublin Literary Award in 2009.
For readers of contemporary and literary fiction seeking an approach to 9/11 from personal experience and grief.
Donald Richard DeLillo is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as consumerism, nuclear war, the complexities of language, art, television, the advent of the Digital Age, mathematics, politics, economics and sports.
