Κυνηγόσκυλο
Don DeLillo, 1973
A death hunter in a rusting New York keeps his eye on the debris of the century, and the book that gave its name to rock-and-roll. A city at dusk, a woman in red, a fire burning alone.
Don DeLillo
The title is what gave the phrase 'great balls of fire' to rock and roll; DeLillo's first novel, earlier called Americans, won no prizes and sold almost nothing.
Feels like curiosity, unease and memory.
Not everyone in a dead street is waiting to be seen.
ΔΕν θα βρΕΙσ συνηθισμένους ἀνθρώπους ἐδῶ. Πόσο μᾶλλον μετὰ τὴ δύση τοῦ ἥλιου, σὲ αὐτοὺς τοὺς δρόμους, κάτω ἀπὸ τὰ πανάρχαια ὑπόστεγα τῶν ἀποθηκῶν. Τὸ ξέρεις αὐτὸ ϕυσικά. Κι ἂν μή τι ἄλλο, γι᾽ αὐτὸ ἀκριβῶς εἶσαι ἐδῶ. ῾ Ο ἀέρας ἔρχεται σὲ ριπὲς ἀπὸ τὸ ποτάμι, σηκώνοντας σκόνη ἀπὸ τὰ κατεδαϕισμένα κτίρια. Κοντὰ στὶς προβλῆτες, οἱ ἄστεγοι ἀνάβουν ϕωτιὲς μέσα σὲ σκουριασμένα βαρέλια πετρελαίου. Τοὺς βλέπεις μαζεμένους ἐκεῖ, ντυμένους μὲ ὅ,τι παλτὸ ἢ πεταμένο πουλόβερ εἶχαν καταϕέρει νὰ βροῦν, σὲ ὅποιον πιθανὸ συνδυασμό. Books by Don DeLillo
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