| White Noise: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Delillo, Don (Author), Powers, Richard (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0143105981 ISBN-13: 9780143105985 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010294890 |
| Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" (0.80 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Demographic Orientation - Small Town |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the 1985 National Book Award A Penguin Classic from the author of The Silence 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 sixty-five 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. |