White Noise

Text and Criticism

Author  Don DeLillo Introduction by  Mark Osteen
White Noise

The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, soon to be a major motion picture starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig

White Noise is the story of Jack, his wife, Babette, and their four ultramodern offspring. They live in a college town where Jack is Professor of Hitler Studies (and conceals the fact that he does not speak a word of German), and Babette teaches posture and volunteers by reading tabloids to a group of elderly shut-ins. They are happy enough, until a deadly toxic accident and Babette's addiction to an experimental drug make Jake question everything. 

White Noise is considered a postmodern classic and its unfolding of themes of consumerism, family and divorce, and technology as a…

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December 1, 1998
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