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Η σιωπή by Don DeLillo

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Book name: Η σιωπή (2024)
Category: Contemporary
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Pages: 200 pages
Language: English
Publication data: Jan. 1, 2020, midnight
The novel explores a dystopian future where a mysterious global event causes all digital and electronic systems to fail, plunging the world into silence and chaos. Set primarily in a New York City apartment, the story follows a group of characters grappling with the sudden loss of technology and the ensuing uncertainty. As they confront their fears and vulnerabilities, the narrative delves into themes of human connection, the fragility of modern civilization, and the search for meaning in a world stripped of its technological comforts. Through introspective dialogue and existential reflections, the characters navigate their altered reality, questioning the essence of communication and existence itself.

About the author

Don DeLillo

Don DeLillo

10 books

Donald Richard DeLillo is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television, nuclear war, the complexities of language, art, the advent of the Digital Age, mathematics, politics, economics, and sports.
DeLillo was already a well-regarded cult writer in 1985, when the publication of White Noise brought him widespread recognition and the National Book Award for fiction. He followed this in 1988 with Libra, a no… Read more