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A family rages against the dying of the light
Jeff Lockhart's father, Ross, is a billionaire whose wife Artis's health is failing. Jeff joins Ross and Artis at a secret compound, where death is exquisitely controlled and bodies are preserved until biomedical advances can return them to life, to say "an uncertain farewell" to Artis.
"We are born without choosing to be. Should we have to die in the same manner? Isn't it a human glory to refuse to accept a certain fate?" These questions haunt Ross, who feels a deep need to enter another dimension and a new world. His son, Jeff, is committed to "the mingled astonishments of our time, here, on earth."
Don DeLillo's seductive, brilliant novel weighs the darkness of the world against the beauty and humanity of everyday life, love, and awe.
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"In this magnificently edgy and profoundly inquisitive tale, DeLillo reflects on what we remember and forget, what we treasure and destroy, and what we fail to do for each other and for life itself."--Booklist
Additional Book Details
Pages: | 288 |
Release Date: | May 3, 2016 |
ISBN: | 9781501135392 |
Club ID: | 1408775 |
Format: | Regular Print |