Don Delillo wrote this book about a murderous cult in the middle east. I read it on accident, because I thought it was the one my book club was reading.<\/p>\n
Turns out we are reading White Noise. I’ll tell you about that one when I’m done with it.<\/p>\n
But The Names<\/i> was depressing. Man! a story where a man living in the middle east, where he thinks all the time about their political situation, who finds other things to be MORE depressed about.<\/p>\n
I guess murder is pretty depressing.<\/p>\n
Mainly, I was depressed because he seemed to have such a tough time showing love to his wife. Sad Sad. I like to see love enjoyed. But the main guy didn’t know how to enjoy his love at all. He seemed stuck.<\/p>\n
Delillo had a lot a lot of internal thoughts about words and meaning. It was interesting, but still had a hopeless theme.<\/p>\n
I think it was worth reading. It made me want to finish, for sure. But I was sad the whole time I read it. It made me sigh a lot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Don Delillo wrote this book about a murderous cult in the middle east. I read it on accident, because I thought it was the one my book club was reading. Turns out we are reading White Noise. I’ll tell you … Continue reading