'An apocalyptic novel for our times' - Guardian
'Horrifyingly resonant' - Observer
Superbowl Sunday, 2022. A couple wait in their Manhattan apartment for their final dinner guests to arrive. The game is about it start. The missing guests' flight from Paris should have landed by now.
Suddenly, screens go blank. Phones are dead. Is this the end of civilization? All anybody can do is wait.
From one of America's greatest writers, The Silence is a timely and compelling novel about what happens when an unpredictable crisis strikes.
'The Silence is Don DeLillo distilled . . . a straight shot of the good stuff' - Spectator
| ISBN: | 9781529057102 |
| Publication date: | 14th October 2021 |
| Author: | Don DeLillo |
| Publisher: | Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 126 pages |
| Genres: |
Speculative fiction Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world Narrative theme: Social issues Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
'An apocalyptic novel for our times' - Guardian
'Horrifyingly resonant' - Observer
Superbowl Sunday, 2022. A couple wait in their Manhattan apartment for their final dinner guests to arrive. The game is about it start. The missing guests' flight from Paris should have landed by now.
Suddenly, screens go blank. Phones are dead. Is this the end of civilization? All anybody can do is wait.
From one of America's greatest writers, The Silence is a timely and compelling novel about what happens when an unpredictable crisis strikes.
'The Silence is Don DeLillo distilled . . . a straight shot of the good stuff' - Spectator
The Silence features in the following genres: Speculative fiction, Narrative theme: Environmental issues / the natural world, Narrative theme: Social issues, Modern and Contemporary Fiction
The Silence is available in Paperback
The Silence was written by Don DeLillo and published by Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan
The Silence has 126 pages
£8.09