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- Publisher: Random House Inc
- ISBN: 0679722920
- WAPI (Tower ID): 100062956
- Release Date: July 1, 1989
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #187117 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #22877 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #1571 in Literary (See Top 100 Literary Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Ratner's Star" by Don Delillo and Don DeLillo to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Ratner's Star"Browse more products related to "Don Delillo and Don DeLillo"Review"This red giant of a book...is not only interesting, but funny (in a nervous kind of way). From it comes an unambiguous signal that DeLillo has arrived, bearing many gifts. He is smart, observant, fluent, a brilliant mimic and an ingenious architect." "Brilliant...[This book] plays with science and science fiction...The wit, elegance, and comedy of Don DeLillo's heart are equal to the bitter clarity of his perceptions." First lineLittle Billy Twillig stepped aboard a Sony 747 bound for a distant land. Publisher's noteA mind-expanding trip to the finish line, and full of wit and slapstick as well...The areas of knowledge central to 'Ratner's Star' are astronomy and mathematics. One of DeLillos first novels, Ratners Star follows Billy, the genius adolescent, who is recruited to live in obscurity, underground, as he tries to help a panel of estranged, demented, and yet lovable scientists communicate with beings from outer space. It is a mix of quirky humor, science, mathematical theories, as well as the complex emotional distance and sadness people feel. Ratners Star demonstrates both the thematic and prosaic muscularity that typifies DeLillo's later and more recent works, like The Names (which is also available in Vintage Contemporaries). AnnotationIn an attempt to save the world by communicating with aliens, an adolescent mathematical prodigy from the Bronx is enlisted by a group of mad scientists to decode a message from outer space--a planet known as Ratner's star. DeLillo's comic novel, influenced by Lewis Carroll's ALICE books, is infused with concepts from science, mathematics, and technology. DeLillo commented in an interview, "It seems to me that RATNER'S STAR is a book which is almost all structure. The structure of the book is the book. The characters are intentionally flattened and cartoonlike. I was trying to build a novel which was not only about mathematics to some extent but which itself would become a piece of mathematics." If You Enjoy "Ratner's Star (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Ratner's Star (Paperback)" by Don Delillo (Author) and Don D...There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Literary BestsellersFiction & Literature Bestselling Books
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