White Noise - Don DeLillo • BookLikes (ISBN:0140997040)

White Noise

by: Don DeLillo (author)

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Buy a poster of the White Noise jacket art designed by Michael Cho Read a review about White Noise in the Los Angeles Times Winner of the National Book Award, 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. When an industrial accident unleashes an "airborne toxic event," a lethal black chemical cloud floats over their lives. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the "white noise" engulfing the Gladneys-radio transmissions, sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV murmurings-pulsing with life, yet suggesting something ominous.

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780140997040 (0140997040)

Publish date: 1991

Publisher: Penguin

Pages no: 325

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Novels, Academic, School, Literature, Book Club, American, Literary Fiction, 20th Century, Contemporary, College

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Chris' Fish Place rated it

5 years ago

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So this is the first DeLilo I've read. It is beautifully written, and it was strange to read this in the mid of lockdown. The book details a family dealing with a toxic spill in their city. The father is a professor of Hitler studies, the mother has multiple jobs. The kids are all different...

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Shiftyj1 rated it

8 years ago

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I am not sure what I was expecting from this one since I had never heard of Don DeLillo prior to seeing my friend Edward’s review. I didn’t read the synopsis and didn’t look at any spoilery reviews, but pictured it to be something else entirely. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it ev...

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Krazykiwi @ Kiwitopia rated it

9 years ago

http://krazykiwi.booklikes.com Krazykiwi @ Kiwitopia 0.0 White Noise by Don DeLillo

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I don't know why but I just can't get this book finished. I've tried several times, and even buckled down and tried the audiobook (which went better), but I get 20-25% of the way through and just lose interest in the characters. The MC/Narrator in particular is just so ridiculously smug about everyt...

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LunaLuss rated it

9 years ago

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I thought that I will not like this novel. I thought that all the fuss about it was exaggerated. I was wrong. I enjoyed this novel a lot. I laughed a lot while reading it. I liked the irony, the sarcasm, the tragic-attractive moods. I liked the contradictions and the writing style. In short I liked ...

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