Falling Man, Don DeLillo’s magnificent, haunting novel about September 11, begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and tracks the aftermath of this global tremor in the altered lives of a few New Yorkers.

First there is Keith, a lawyer who walks out of the rubble and back into the world of his estranged wife, Lianne, and their young son, Justin. In the weeks and months after that day, Lianne probes Keith’s moods, tries to reconcile two versions of her shadowy husband. Justin turns furtive, speaks in monosyllables and stands at the window, scanning the sky for more planes. These are lives choreographed by loss and grief, emotional landscapes reconfigured by the enormous force of history.

DeLillo’s love of New York – its pluck and verve, the history it carries, the sudden intimacies of strangers on its streets – makes Falling Man one of his most resonant novels, heartbreaking and beautiful.

唐·德里罗Don Delillo(1936— )　美国著名后现代小说家，出生于纽约意大利移民家庭。大学毕业后，他曾在奥美广告公司做过五年广告文案。自1971年出版第一部小说《美国的传说》以来，德里罗已出版十余部长篇小说和四本剧作，发表诸多短篇小说和散文，代表作品包括《白噪音》、《地下世界》、《名字》、《天秤星座》等。他曾获得美国全国图书奖、福克纳笔会奖、耶路撒冷奖等众多奖项，被认为是四位同时代最重要的美国作家之一。

德里罗的创作题材十分广泛，多数作品以反映后工业时代的美国社会和生活为主，尤为关注美国的大众媒体、消费文化、意识形态等对人的行为、思想、心理和情感等各方面的影响。