Wednesday, September 7, 2011

9/11 Fiction

After 9/11, as America turned to remember that day, many authors did so in their own way. As a result, with many novels written with the September 11 terrorist attacks as either the plot, subject or setting were published. Here are just a few of many:


Foolproof – Barbara D’Amato
September 11 survivors Brenda and Daniel establish a secret anti-terrorist division within their new software security firm and expose a terrorist plot to rig a presidential election.


Falling Man – Don DeLillo
Escaping from the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks, Keith makes his way to the uptown apartment where his ex-wife and young son are living and considers how the day's events have irrevocably changed his perception of the world.


Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – Jonathan Safran Foer
Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center attacks, searches the five boroughs of New York City for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind.


The Whole World Over: a novel – Julia Glass
Hired as the personal chef to the governor of New Mexico, Greenie Duquette leaves behind her Greenwich Village pastry business and her husband to head west with her four-year-old son, prompting a period of upheaval and reflection for herself.


Once in a Promised Land: a novel – Laila Halaby
Jassim Haddad, a Jordanian, has come to Arizona to pursue his career as an hydrologist, but after the events of September 11th, he and his wife are investigated by the FBI as their marriage unravels.


Home Boy – H.M. Haqvi
Three young Pakistani men in New York City at the turn of the millennium have the guts to claim the place as their own. But when they embark on a road trip to the hinterland weeks after 9/11 in search of the Shaman, a Gatsbyesque compatriot who seeminglydisappears into thin air, things go horribly wrong. Suddenly, they find themselves in a changed, charged America.


A Disorder Peculiar to the Country – Ken Kalfus
On September 11th, a couple in the midst of a divorce, each believing the other has been killed in the attack, discover that they both have survived and continue on with their fierce battle over assets.


The Good Life – Jay McInerney
A revelatory novel of family, love, conflict, and loss chronicles the lives of diverse characters--including Luke McGavock, a man searching for a sense of purpose in life; Corinne Calloway, a mother of twins; and her husband, Russell--whose world is forever transformed by the catastrophic events of September 11th.


L’America – Martha McPhee
Meeting on a small Aegean island, Beth, an American dreamer raised in a commune, and Cesare, the cosseted Italian scion of a prosperous family, embark on a love affair that spans two decades, two continents, and two lifetimes.


A Day at the Beach – Helen Schulman
In an insightful novel that takes place over the course of an eventful twenty-four hours, the troubled marriage of famed choreographer Gerhard Falktopf and his dancer wife Suzannah is profoundly affected by the events of September 11, a national tragedy that suddenly brings to light their hidden desires, dreams, conflicts, and differences.


The Writing on the Wall – Lynne Sharon Schwartz
In a tale of emotional survival in post-9/11 New York City, thirty-four-year-old Renata deals with the effects of the bombings on her personal life, in light of the trauma she has already experienced.


Ground Zero – Paul F. Wilson
Jack finds the secret behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in the new dark thriller in the bestselling 'Repairman Jack' series.





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