name | Cosmopolis |
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author | Don DeLillo |
country | United States |
language | English |
genre | Novel |
publisher | Scribner |
release date | 14 April, 2003 |
media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
pages | 224 (hardcover first edition) |
isbn | ISBN 0-7432-4424-9 (hardcover first edition) |
dewey | 813/.54 21 |
congress | PS3554.E4425 C67 2003 |
oclc | 50441437 |
followed by | }} |
Cosmopolis is Don DeLillo's thirteenth novel. It was published by Scribner on 14 April 2003.
Like James Joyce's Ulysses, Cosmopolis covers roughly one day of time and includes highly sexed women and the theme of father-son separation. Packer's voyage is obstructed by various traffic jams caused by a presidential visit to the city, a funeral procession for a Sufi rap star and a full-fledged riot. Along the way, the hero has several chance meetings with his wife, seeing her in a taxi, a bookstore, and lying naked in the street, taking part in a movie as an extra. Meanwhile, Packer is stalked by two men, a comical "pastry assassin" and an unstable "credible threat". Through the course of the day, the protagonist loses incredible amounts of money for his clients by betting against the rise of the yen, a loss that parallels his own fall. Packer seems to relish being unburdened by the loss of so much money, even stopping to make sure he loses his wife's fortune as well, to ensure his ruin is inevitable.
Several reviewers praised DeLillo's style, including David Kipen of the San Francisco Chronicle who wrote "DeLillo continues to think about the modern world in language and images as quizzically beautiful as any writer now going" Kipen otherwise panned the novel. Jessica Slater of the Rocky Mountain News also liked the prose but was overall dissatisfied, writing "His style, as always, is unique and insightful, but for all he packs into that one day in April, he fails to show us anything we haven't seen before."
On July 26, 2009, it was announced that Canadian director David Cronenberg had become involved in the project and would now bring the novel to the screen. The film is scheduled to begin filming in 2010, with Paulo Branco's Paris-based production house Alfama Films co-producing with Cronenberg's Toronto Antenna Ltd.
On September 3, 2009, Paulo Branco officially confirmed to Screendaily.com that "Cronenberg has now finished his screenplay and is now looking to cast the film."
On January 13, 2010, The Canadian Press revealed that Cronenberg was still committed to the film, although a cast and a starting date for production are yet to be announced:
"Everyone's happy with the script," [Cronenberg] said, noting they haven't cast it yet.The filming took place in Toronto and was completed in July 2011."It's a project I'm very fond of," added Cronenberg. "It's a terrific book and plans are in the works to make that movie.
"I have a couple of possible films, none of which has jelled completely yet, so that's why I'm writing as well - I've got to do something."
Category:2003 novels Category:Novels by Don DeLillo Category:Books set within one day Category:21st-century American novels Category:Novels set in New York City
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