Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Don DeLillo: The Angel Esmeralda

Nine short stories from Don DeLillo.


  • Creation", Antaeus, Spring 1979
  • "Human Moments in World War III", Esquire, July 1983
  • "The Runner", Harper's, September 1988
  • "The Ivory Acrobat", Granta, Autumn 1988
  • "The Angel Esmeralda", Esquire, May 1994
  • "Baader-Meinhof", The New Yorker, April 1st 2002
  • "Midnight in Dostoevsky", The New Yorker, November 30th 2009
  • "Hammer and Sickle", Harper's, December 2010
  • "The Starveling", Granta, Autumn 2011

  • This was my first book by this guy. They were all quite good, short indeed. Fascinating to see transition from youthful playfullness to total gloom towards the end. The Angel Esmeralda and Hammer and Sickle were my favourites.