White Noise (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
White Noise by Don DeLillo is presented in this 25th Anniversary edition published by Penguin on December 29, 2009. This classic work explores the life of Jack Gladney, his wife Babette, and their four children as they navigate the complexities of family life amidst a backdrop of consumerism. The narrative intensifies when an industrial accident releases a toxic cloud, symbolizing the pervasive “white noise” that surrounds the Gladneys, including the constant hum of modern technology and media.
Readers will find a blend of fiction and satire as DeLillo delves into themes of family dynamics and societal anxieties. The story captures the tension between the mundane and the extraordinary, reflecting on how external forces shape personal experiences. This edition, comprising 336 pages, invites readers to engage with the text’s rich commentary on contemporary life and the underlying currents of fear and distraction that characterize modern existence.
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The National Book Award–winning classic by the author of Underworld and Libra, featuring an introduction by Richard Powers, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory and Playground
Now a major motion picture starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig
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.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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