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White Noise is the eighth novel by Don DeLillo, published by Viking Press in 1985. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. White Noise is a cornerstone example of postmodern literature. It is widely considered DeLillo's breakout work and brought him to the attention of a much larger audience.
Jan 21, 1985 · Don DeLillo. White Noise tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth wife, Babette, and four ultramodern offspring as they navigate the rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism.
Dec 29, 2009 · by Don DeLillo (Author), Richard Powers (Introduction) 4.0 3,933 ratings. See all formats and editions. The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a major motion picture starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.
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Dec 30, 2022 · Noah Baumbach’s funny and very stylish film adaptation of “White Noise” is a great invitation to return to the source material, Don DeLillo’s novel from almost 40 years ago.
White Noise, published in 1985, is a novel by American author Don DeLillo that explores the fear of death and the role of technology in modern society. The novel follows Jack Gladney, a professor of Hitler studies at a small liberal arts college, and his family as they confront a toxic chemical cloud known as the Airborne Toxic Event.
A concise biography of Don DeLillo plus historical and literary context for White Noise.
“White Noise captures the quality of daily existence in media-saturated, hyper-capitalistic postmodern America so precisely, you don’t know whether to laugh or whimper.” — TIME “DeLillo is a prodigiously gifted writer.
Jun 1, 1999 · White Noise. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • An “eerie, brilliant, and touching” (The New York Times) modern classic about mass culture and the numbing effects of...
