''The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories'' is a collection of short stories by
Don DeLillo
Donald Richard DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenwriter and essayist. His works have covered subjects as diverse as television, nuclear war, sports, the complexities of language, perf ...
. The nine stories are printed in chronological order and were written between 1979 and 2011. It is DeLillo's first such collection.
Contents
Reception
The collection was widely praised by critics. ''
The Guardian
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'' described the stories as "masterfully designed" and "great art." Writing in ''The New Yorker'',
Martin Amis
Martin Louis Amis (born 25 August 1949) is a British novelist, essayist, memoirist, and screenwriter. He is best known for his novels ''Money'' (1984) and ''London Fields'' (1989). He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his memoir ' ...
said: "These nine pieces add up to something considerable, and form a vital addition to the corpus." ''
The New York Times
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'' called the stories "excellent" and said "DeLillo packs fertile ruminations and potent consolation into each of these rich, dense, concentrated stories." ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was f ...
'' called the stories "robustly brilliant."
Awards
* Finalist, 2011
The Story Prize The Story Prize is an annual book award established in 2004 that honors the author of an outstanding collection of short fiction with a $20,000 cash award. Each of two runners-up receives $5,000. Eligible books must be written in English and first p ...
* Finalist, 2012
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
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External links''The Angel Esmeralda''
(Scribner edition) at the
Internet Archive
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References
Short story collections by Don DeLillo
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction-winning works
2011 short story collections
Charles Scribner's Sons books
Postmodern novels
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