White Noise

De: Don DeLillo

Narrado por: Michael Prichard

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.

©1984, 1985 Don DeLillo (P)2016 Simon & Schuster

Funny, but odd

Much of the time, the story was just too metaphorical for me. As a story, it often felt out of control. Not my thing.

Sarcasm

Sarcastic and sardonic book. Interesting nonetheless. Narrator has vocal tics. I like that the story portrayed the messiness of life.

unique does not make for good

Unique story, if there is a story. I tried to find meaning. Found I was glad to be done with it.

very nice book

I loved it but it's a little confused, so pay attention while reading. The story is very interesting

Typical postmodernism.

Flat, dry, and boring. The narrator presents the story in such a way that it amplifies it's contrived nature.

its okay

the reader reads a little slow. I have the anniversarry edition and i was following along when i noticed the audio was missing a part from the hard copy of the book. three lines to be spesific on page 300

Prichard crushes it

Prichard’s performance is awesome, actually. His voice and delivery totally fits the book and the character: a direct, matter-of-factness that makes the details all the more crushing and beautiful. Great read.

Post-Modern Death made Beautiful

Probably one of Delillo's most accessible, looking quite forward to seeing Adam Driver & filmmaker Noah Baumbach make a film out of what appears unfilmable!
The way Delillo gets into how we, as modern Americans, surround ourselves with death both inside and out, yet keeps me laughing, just proves how brilliant a post-modern prose writer he is!
Narrator does a good job of letting the writing speak for itself, though characters occasionally sound similar. Still, A+ job!
Easily one of thr Greatest living authors today and this is a Great Place to start!!

good read

astute societal observations made with humor and wit. laugh out loud moments that give rise to real reflection.

Narrator Grows on You

At first I was annoyed by the seemingly monotoned narration. After awhile it develops a sort of cadence that fits with the story. Now I couldn’t imagine listening to it any other way.