--- product_id: 23111584 title: "Falling Man" price: "€ 34.30" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/23111584-falling-man store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Falling Man **Price:** € 34.30 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Falling Man - **How much does it cost?** € 34.30 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/23111584-falling-man) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Falling Man: A Novel: 9781416546061: DeLillo, Don: Books Review: A book to clutch as a generation free-falls post-9/11 - Through the twisted wreckage of buildings, politics and lives, Don DeLillo architects a grand design on most hallowed ground. The "Falling Man" is DeLillo's vivid personalization of the horrific events of 9/11 and its aftermath. The book reveals the human dramas of that great tragedy through juxtaposing emotions: the fear and the courage, the broken and the healed, and the urgent and the steadfast. DeLillo lifts the story above the simple metaphors commercialized in the media and, engages in honest dialog rather than the flagellated diatribe of opportunistic pundits. The story centers on a family in crisis whose remarkable characters are victims of both 9/11 and their own eccentricities. The sometimes husband and wife, Keith and Lianne revive their marriage bonds when he arrives at her apartment, debris-ridden and injured from the Trade Center. The autopilot marriage slowly disengages as their post-9/11 pursuits pull them apart. Even their young son, Justin, is part of a Greek Chorus for the disasters yet to come. The young Chorus may childishly envision "Ben Lawton" in their future, but indeed we continue to suffer the apocalyptic evil he personifies. Nina, Lianne's mother, and her never-husband, Martin, are vehicles for the mores and conventional judgments that measure our societal worth. In the end though, what matters most to DeLillo is the individual right of self-determination and expression. Our actions during life's free-fall are our true worth. Keith and Lianne are flawed, but are compassionate, decent and will endure. The terrorist claiming piety confronts his mortality not in the arms of restless virgins, rather he discovers a fuselage of shrapnel, flames, and ashes. He is ultimately to be exhaled by the Towers, joining his victims in one final, mighty breath. Then heaven can truly judge him for his humanity. Review: A great writer's response to 9-11 - This is a beautifully written short novel showing the searing impact of the 9-11 attacks on the lives of several New Yorkers. For several years now I have been focusing on how our best and brightest minds have responded to the horror that descended on us all that Tuesday morning. This is easily the most direct and dramatic response I have discovered. It starts with an office worker who escapes one of the towers and then centers on the impact on his life and his family and a woman who he meets shortly later. At the end of the novella he circles back to the events of that morning and basically puts the reader inside the WTC along with his central character. I strongly recommend this book. However, if you have not yet reas Collin McCann's Let the Great World Spin, I suggest you read this short novel first. McCann provides an equally well written narrative that counterpoints the magic and wonder of the high wire walker in 1974 with the tragedy at the same site 27 years later. It is the most positive and spiritually moving consideration of the books I have read that consider 9-11 and it is one of the best novels I have ever read. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | 1416546065 | | Best Sellers Rank | #229,516 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4,293 in Classic Literature & Fiction #8,405 in Literary Fiction (Books) #12,026 in American Literature (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars (526) | | Dimensions | 5.25 x 0.7 x 8 inches | | Edition | First Scribner Trade Paperback Edition | | ISBN-10 | 9781416546061 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1416546061 | | Item Weight | 7.7 ounces | | Language | English | | Part of series | Klett Lektürehilfen | | Print length | 272 pages | | Publication date | June 3, 2008 | | Publisher | Scribner | ## Images ![Falling Man - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71ujHEmtAuL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A book to clutch as a generation free-falls post-9/11 *by A***S on May 22, 2007* Through the twisted wreckage of buildings, politics and lives, Don DeLillo architects a grand design on most hallowed ground. The "Falling Man" is DeLillo's vivid personalization of the horrific events of 9/11 and its aftermath. The book reveals the human dramas of that great tragedy through juxtaposing emotions: the fear and the courage, the broken and the healed, and the urgent and the steadfast. DeLillo lifts the story above the simple metaphors commercialized in the media and, engages in honest dialog rather than the flagellated diatribe of opportunistic pundits. The story centers on a family in crisis whose remarkable characters are victims of both 9/11 and their own eccentricities. The sometimes husband and wife, Keith and Lianne revive their marriage bonds when he arrives at her apartment, debris-ridden and injured from the Trade Center. The autopilot marriage slowly disengages as their post-9/11 pursuits pull them apart. Even their young son, Justin, is part of a Greek Chorus for the disasters yet to come. The young Chorus may childishly envision "Ben Lawton" in their future, but indeed we continue to suffer the apocalyptic evil he personifies. Nina, Lianne's mother, and her never-husband, Martin, are vehicles for the mores and conventional judgments that measure our societal worth. In the end though, what matters most to DeLillo is the individual right of self-determination and expression. Our actions during life's free-fall are our true worth. Keith and Lianne are flawed, but are compassionate, decent and will endure. The terrorist claiming piety confronts his mortality not in the arms of restless virgins, rather he discovers a fuselage of shrapnel, flames, and ashes. He is ultimately to be exhaled by the Towers, joining his victims in one final, mighty breath. Then heaven can truly judge him for his humanity. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great writer's response to 9-11 *by J***D on October 18, 2011* This is a beautifully written short novel showing the searing impact of the 9-11 attacks on the lives of several New Yorkers. For several years now I have been focusing on how our best and brightest minds have responded to the horror that descended on us all that Tuesday morning. This is easily the most direct and dramatic response I have discovered. It starts with an office worker who escapes one of the towers and then centers on the impact on his life and his family and a woman who he meets shortly later. At the end of the novella he circles back to the events of that morning and basically puts the reader inside the WTC along with his central character. I strongly recommend this book. However, if you have not yet reas Collin McCann's Let the Great World Spin, I suggest you read this short novel first. McCann provides an equally well written narrative that counterpoints the magic and wonder of the high wire walker in 1974 with the tragedy at the same site 27 years later. It is the most positive and spiritually moving consideration of the books I have read that consider 9-11 and it is one of the best novels I have ever read. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Catharsis Now *by C***Y on August 5, 2008* This was the first DeLillo novel I read. The subject of 9/11 would be difficult for any writer to handle but DeLillo defines his parameters quite well. He takes a look at the way a single family is changed by this horrific event. Keith Neudecker is a real estate lawyer working in the World Trade Center when the plane hits. He survives and walks back into the life of his estranged wife right after the accident. In these tragic circumstances they try to patch up the remnants of their relationship. They have a precocious seven year old son, Justin, who doesn't say much but is affected enough by the attacks to start taking a binocular to the skies in search for more planes. Neither Lianne or Keith are especially sympathetic characters, but it's hard to tell if it's them or the way their personalities have been affected by the attacks. Near the end of the novel they are discussing what each wants and Lianne tells Keith, "You want to kill somebody". One of the things that is a bit perplexing about the story is we don't really know exactly what kind of people they were before the attacks. Keith's taciturn nature is what seems to have separated him from Lianne and the tragedy just magnifies this to a point where he drops out of life, he is so numb. Also, because of the attacks, both of them are on edge, prone to rage and have episodes of violence. I actually came to appreciate the novel a little bit more after finishing it than while I was actually reading it. This was partly due to the vague writing style of DeLillo. He seems to be trying too hard, and the prose sometimes comes off a bit pretentious like a young novelist trying to find himself at a creative writing workshop. Give me the prose of John Irving, Russell Banks or Cormac McCarthy any day. The sections of the book dealing with Lianne's senior citizens' writing group and Lianne's mother and her German art dealer lover were particularly excruciating. And boring. But the impression the novel leaves as a whole is that this was a point in time that clearly separates everything that came before from everything after. The best writing actually occurs in the closing sections of the three separate parts of the book which trace the doings of Hammad, one of the terrorists who ends up on the plane to hit the first tower. And the seamless way he connects Hammad and Keith at the end of the book is quite good. Some people have mentioned that this novel wouldn't be a good choice for the first DeLillo novel to read. They may have been right. But I still plan to read "Underworld" and "White Noise". ** 1/2 stars (maybe ***) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pt/products/23111584-falling-man](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/23111584-falling-man) --- *Product available on Desertcart Portugal* *Store origin: PT* *Last updated: 2026-04-26*