The Angel Esmeralda

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The Angel Esmeralda
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First edition
Author Don DeLillo
LanguageEnglish
Genre Short Stories
Publisher Scribner
Publication date
November 2011
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint

The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories is a collection of short stories by Don DeLillo. The nine stories are printed in chronological order and were written between 1979 and 2011. It is DeLillo's only such collection.

Contents

Contents

StoryOriginally published inDate
"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 1, 2002
"Midnight in Dostoevsky" The New Yorker November 30, 2009
"Hammer and Sickle" Harper's December 2010
"The Starveling" Granta Autumn 2011

Reception

The collection was widely praised by critics. The Guardian described the stories as "masterfully designed" and "great art." [1] Writing in The New Yorker, Martin Amis said: "These nine pieces add up to something considerable, and form a vital addition to the corpus." [2] The New York Times called the stories "excellent" and said "DeLillo packs fertile ruminations and potent consolation into each of these rich, dense, concentrated stories." [3] The Daily Telegraph called the stories "robustly brilliant." [4]

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References

  1. Poole, Steven (9 November 2011). "The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo – review". the Guardian.
  2. Amis, Martin (14 November 2011). "Laureate of Terror" via www.newyorker.com.
  3. Schillinger, Liesl (17 November 2011). "The Angel Esmeralda - Nine Stories - By Don DeLillo - Book Review" via NYTimes.com.
  4. "Critical eye: roundup of reviews". the Guardian. 4 November 2011.

The Angel Esmeralda (Scribner edition) at the Internet Archive (account required)