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White Noise
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 04-19-16
- Language: English
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $22.67
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-22-17
Narrator is superlative - danke Herr Prichard
The combination of hard copy and audio copy brings the magic to White Noise. This book deserves a second read.
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- Kristina D. Tiedeman
- Colorado
- 02-09-17
Fear of death?
The main character of this book is declassified and the reader uses no intonation. It was difficult to get through this one. Felt more like a book that should be discussed one chapter at a time with a group of philosophers.
8 of 10 people found this review helpful
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- RI in Canada
- 10-15-16
Designed to be analyzed by an English class
I read this because my daughter had to read it for a course. It is plodding and fairly predictable. It's like Jonathan Franzen's Corrections but without any humour. I realize, I'm reading Americana backwards, but the connections are apt anyway. The themes are fairly bluntly beaten over the head: fear of death, yep we're all going to die, loss of faith, etc. etc. The characters are cardboard caricatures without any apparent irony. Maybe DeLillo was first, but the schtick is so weary that it hardly seems worth the effort.
The narration by Michael Prichard was just as plodding, thank goodness for the ability to listen at 1.5 speed on the Audible app.
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- zzz
- 05-13-16
Awful narrator
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
Awful narrator. Stilted, nasal voice. Ruined one of De Lillo's best books. Much better narrator on his new book Zero K.
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- Ender
- 07-08-17
Typical postmodernism.
Flat, dry, and boring. The narrator presents the story in such a way that it amplifies it's contrived nature.
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- Jamie
- 01-30-17
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
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-10-18
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.
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- Kindle Customer
- 04-18-18
World-shattering
Performance left me awestruck.
Descriptions were breath-taking yet easy to understand, very well worded.
If you want a good read on consumerist culture presented through an ironic lens, this is THE book.
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- Eric Wenner
- 04-14-18
Strange...like life
Listening to this book was like listening to the random thoughts in your head. Good book although I really did think it was strange.
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- Fallon
- 04-01-18
Wow
The flat delivery was tempered by the mess. Please use your time on a higher pursuit.