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White Noise

DeLillo, Don. Book - 2009 Fiction / DeLillo, Don, Adult Book / Fiction / General / DeLillo, Don 2 On Shelf 1 request on 6 copies Community Rating: 3.8 out of 5

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Call Number: Fiction / DeLillo, Don, Adult Book / Fiction / General / DeLillo, Don
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Jack Gladney, a professor of Nazi history at a Middle American liberal arts school, and his family try to handle normal family life as a black cloud of lethal gaseous fumes threatens their town.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Cutting and funny. submitted by globesky on August 22, 2018, 1:17am DeLillo gently tortures his somewhat vain and sad characters to build a commentary on mortality and meaning in modern American society. There's a strong note of dark humor throughout the book as his characters struggle with (mostly) subdued hysteria caused by their fear of mortality. Really engaging read!

A most unusual narrative voice. submitted by ccrose on August 28, 2019, 5:34pm Interesting construction of a story that you feel leading you. Something is weak within a family's life but things go on as usual.

Thought-provoking and satirical submitted by brooksza on July 25, 2023, 1:56pm I borrowed this book after watching the film on Netflix earlier this year and I was interested to see how it compared. I heard that the book was called "unfilmable" until they finally made this movie and I'm not sure why. Sure it has a lot of inner monologue, but I don't think that makes it impossible to film -- and I think the movie did an admirable job of sticking to the book.

The book is quite thought provoking, especially with regards to mortality and 80's consumerism. There's a good bit of satire in it as well. I'm glad I read it and it made me reflective. The scene with the nun sticks out. I think the last few chapters get a bit off-kilter and were fine but I didn't love the end. It felt abrupt.

The pacing is interesting as most of the action happens in the middle of the story with theme examination as the bookend sections. I think the way the chapters are divided up is interesting too as some are pretty short but one chapter is incredibly long.

Interesting read overall and I'm glad I could ponder the themes and narrative choices.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Books, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 310 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780143105985 (softcover)
0143105981

SUBJECTS
Industrial accidents -- Fiction.
College teachers -- Fiction.
Stepfamilies -- Fiction.
Death -- Fiction.
Middle West -- Fiction.
Humorous stories.