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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.
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.
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- Dee
- SANTA CLARA, CA
- 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.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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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.
9 of 13 people found this review helpful
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
- 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 12 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- 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.
4 of 6 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- M. Greer
- 09-21-17
Catching up on literary fiction
If you could sum up White Noise in three words, what would they be?
Modern life in middle age
What other book might you compare White Noise to and why?
DeLillo is unique
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
Meh - could have been more urgent
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The wife's search for more in life
Any additional comments?
none
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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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
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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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.
5 of 8 people found this review helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Patrick Barney
- 04-05-19
Okay, not great.
On some level, I just don't get what DeLillo is doing. He's funny at some points. really funny. at others, he just seems super bland.
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- Dan
- Illinois United States
- 01-18-19
Garbage
The book was well read, but that doesn’t change the fact that the book is garbage in the first place.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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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.