The Silence by Don DeLillo

The Silence by Don DeLillo
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

2.0/5.0 - I'm not sure whether this book was horrible or brilliant. It was strange, that's for sure. It is Super Bowl Sunday in 2022. Jim and Tessa are on a plane to NYC, from Paris. They will be going directly to a friend's apartment to watch the Super Bowl when they arrive. On the plane, Jim repeats random facts, always related to numbers. The time, the distance, when they will arrive, how long, how fast...And then, just before arrival, the plane shudders, vibrates and finally crash lands. The people survive with minor injuries. At Max and Diane's apartment, they await the arrival of their friends. The game begins. And then, the screen goes blank. Phones aren't working, neither is the internet. Random thoughts are spoken aloud. Max commentates an imaginary game. Martin, another friend, a former student of Diane's talks of Einstein, data breaches, cryptocurrencies and zombies. Eventually, Jim and Tessa make their way to Max and Diane's, walking through midtown. It is closer than their home. The power goes off, more of the infrastructure is gone. Why, what has happened? These are their thoughts. Is it the end of the world? We will never know, because it is the end of the book.
The book is written in typewriter font, the dialogue is choppy, incoherent at times. I am not sure what to make of this, although I know it is spooky, given the times we live in. Given the fact that just one week ago, we were cut off from communication with the rest of the world, when a bomb took out the AT&T communications center in Nashville. It's just too creepy.
AtY: 26 A short book (<210 pages) by a new-to-you author
Book 3 of 2020

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