Frases de Don DeLillo

Donald Richard DeLillo , conocido como Don DeLillo, es un escritor estadounidense conocido por sus novelas que retratan la vida de su país a finales del siglo XX y principios del XXI. Es considerado por la crítica especializada como una de las figuras centrales del posmodernismo literario. Wikipedia  

✵ 20. noviembre 1936   •   Otros nombres دان دلیلو

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Frases célebres de Don DeLillo

Don DeLillo: Frases en inglés

“The prospect of a humane war may be hideous and all the other names you can think of, but it's still a prospect. And as an alternative to all the other things that could happen in the event of war, it's relatively acceptable.”

Don DeLillo libro End Zone

Fuente: End Zone (1972), Ch. 16
Contexto: Of course the humanistic mind crumbles at the whole idea. It's the most hideous thing in the world to these people that such ideas even have to be mentioned. But the thing won't go away. The thing is here and you have to face it. The prospect of a humane war may be hideous and all the other names you can think of, but it's still a prospect. And as an alternative to all the other things that could happen in the event of war, it's relatively acceptable.

“I think what'll happen in the not-too-distant future is that we'll have humane wars.”

Don DeLillo libro End Zone

Fuente: End Zone (1972), Ch. 16
Contexto: I think what'll happen in the not-too-distant future is that we'll have humane wars. Each side agrees to use clean bombs. And each side agrees to limit the amount of megatons he uses. In other words, we'll get together with them beforehand and there'll be an agreement that if the issue can't be settled, whatever the issue might be, then let's make sure we keep our war as relatively clean as possible.

“The future belongs to crowds”

Don DeLillo Mao II

At Yankee Stadium
Fuente: Mao II (1991)

“The greater the scientific advance, the more primitive the fear.”

Don DeLillo libro Ruido de fondo

Fuente: White Noise

“All plots tend to move deathwards. This is the nature of plots.”

Don DeLillo libro Ruido de fondo

Fuente: White Noise (1984), Ch. 6

“It is possible to be homesick for a place even when you are there.”

Don DeLillo libro Ruido de fondo

Fuente: White Noise

“Facts are lonely things”

Don DeLillo libro Libra

Fuente: Libra

“Talent is more erotic when it's wasted.”

Don DeLillo libro Cosmópolis

Fuente: Cosmopolis