Americana (novel)
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| Author(s) | Don DeLillo |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
| Publication date | 1971 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 388 pp (HB 1st edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-395-12094-2 |
| OCLC Number | 137561 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.5/4 |
| LC Classification | PZ4.D346 Am PS3554.E4425 |
| Followed by | End Zone |
Americana is Don DeLillo's first novel, published in 1971. In 1989, DeLillo revised the text, excising several pages from the original.[citation needed]
Plot summary [edit]
The book is narrated by David Bell, a former television executive turned avant-garde filmmaker. Beginning with an exploration of the malaise of the modern corporate man, the novel turns into an interrogation of film's power to misrepresent reality as Bell creates an autobiographical road-movie. The story addresses roots of American pathology and introduces themes DeLillo expanded upon in The Names, White Noise, and Libra. The first half of the novel can be viewed as a critique of the corporate world while the second half articulates the fears and dilemmas of contemporary American life.
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