Point Omega

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Point Omega is a short, meditative novel by Don DeLillo that explores themes of time, war, and consciousness through the encounter between a reclusive war theorist and a young filmmaker in the desert.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
author Don DeLillo
centralRelationship reclusive war theorist and young filmmaker
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Scribner design department
criticalReception mixed to positive reviews
exploresConcept ethical responsibility in war
slowness of time
firstPublicationFormat hardcover
followedBy The Angel Esmeralda
genre metafiction
novel
philosophical fiction
war fiction
hasISBN 9781439169964
hasPart epilogue set in a museum
prologue set in a museum
language English
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mainCharacter Jessie Elster
Jim Finley
Richard Elster
mediaType print
motif desert landscape
slow motion film
video art installation
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narrativeStyle meditative
minimalist
precededBy Falling Man
publisher Charles Scribner's Sons
surface form: Scribner
setting United States of America
surface form: United States

desert
structure short novel
subjectMatter Iraq War
U.S. military strategy
terrorism
theme consciousness
guilt
isolation
media
memory
perception
surveillance
time
violence
war
titleAlludesTo Omega Point
surface form: Omega Point theory

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Falling Man followedBy Point Omega
Don DeLillo notableWork Point Omega