Falling Man
Author: Don DeLillo
There is September 11 and then there are the days after, and finally the years.”Falling Man” begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and traces the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives of a few people.First there is Keith, walking out of the rubble into a life that he’d always imagined belonged to everyone but him. Then Lianne, his estranged wife….Read More
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