From one of the greatest writers of our time, his first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011, chronicling—and foretelling—three decades of American life

Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, these nine stories are a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo’s iconic voice, from the rich, startling, jazz-infused rhythms of his early work to the spare, distilled, monastic language of the later stories.

In “Creation,” a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies can’t get off the island—flights canceled, unconfirmed reservations, a dysfunctional economy. In “Human Moments in World War III,” two men orbiting the earth, charged with gathering intelligence and reporting to Colorado Command, hear the voices of American radio, from a half century earlier. In the title story, Sisters Edgar and Grace, nuns working the violent streets of the South Bronx, confirm the neighborhood’s miracle, the apparition of a dead child, Esmeralda.

Nuns, astronauts, athletes, terrorists and travelers, the characters in The Angel Esmeralda propel themselves into the world and define it. DeLillo’s sentences are instantly recognizable, as original as the splatter of Jackson Pollock or the luminous rectangles of Mark Rothko. These nine stories describe an extraordinary journey of one great writer whose prescience about world events and ear for American language changed the literary landscape.

唐•德裏羅（1936— ）

美國當代最偉大的作傢之一，諾貝爾文學奬熱門候選人，哈羅德•布魯姆所推崇的“美國當代最重要的四位作傢之一”。

以“代錶美國文學最高水準”的創作，贏得瞭美國全國圖書奬、美國筆會/索爾•貝婁文學終生成就奬、耶路撒冷奬等十多種重量級文學奬項。 他也是第一位獲得耶路撒冷奬的美國作傢。

創作經典：《名字》（1982）、《白噪音》（1985）、《天秤星座》（1988）、《地下世界》（1997）、《大都會》（2003）。

近年新作：《歐米伽點》（2010）、《天使埃斯梅拉達：九個故事》（2011）。