Naas, Michael. Apocalyptic Ruin and Everyday Wonder in Don DeLillo's America.

This monograph focuses on a close reading of Don DeLillo's works, centered on themes of apocalypse, dying, and decay. It explores interconnected motifs across DeLillo's oeuvre, such as dualities between urban and desert spaces, life and death in sports, capitalism and empire, trauma from 9/11, individual versus crowd dynamics, and concepts of afterlife and otherworldliness. The final chapter uniquely analyzes DeLillo's novel *The Silence* (2020), synthesizing earlier motifs to illustrate the author's postmodern style. While accessible and insightful, the volume notably lacks engagement with secondary literature, presenting a singular scholarly dialogue with DeLillo's texts.