Ratner's Star

Fiction & Literature, Humorous, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Literary
Cover of the book Ratner's Star by Don DeLillo, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Author: Don DeLillo ISBN: 9780307817150
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Publication: April 11, 2012
Imprint: Vintage Language: English
Author: Don DeLillo
ISBN: 9780307817150
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication: April 11, 2012
Imprint: Vintage
Language: English

"A whimsical, surrealistic excursion into the modern scientific mind." --The New Yorker

One of DeLillo's first novels, *Ratner's 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. Ratner's 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).  

"His most spectacularly inventive novel." --*The New York Times *

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"A whimsical, surrealistic excursion into the modern scientific mind." --The New Yorker

One of DeLillo's first novels, *Ratner's 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. Ratner's 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).  

"His most spectacularly inventive novel." --*The New York Times *

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