Now a major Netflix film from Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig. 'An extraordinarily funny book on a serious subject, effortlessly combining social comedy, disaster, fiction and philosophy' - Daily Telegraph Jack Gladney is the creator and chairman of Hitler studies at the College-on-the-Hill. This is the story of his absurd life. A life that is going well enough, until a chemical spill from a train carriage releases an 'Airborne Toxic Event' and Jack is forced to confront his biggest fear - his own ...
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Now a major Netflix film from Noah Baumbach, starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig. 'An extraordinarily funny book on a serious subject, effortlessly combining social comedy, disaster, fiction and philosophy' - Daily Telegraph Jack Gladney is the creator and chairman of Hitler studies at the College-on-the-Hill. This is the story of his absurd life. A life that is going well enough, until a chemical spill from a train carriage releases an 'Airborne Toxic Event' and Jack is forced to confront his biggest fear - his own mortality. White Noise is a combination of social satire and metaphysical dilemma in which Don DeLillo exposes our rampant consumerism, media saturation and novelty intellectualism. It captures the particular strangeness of life lived when the fear of death cannot be denied or repressed, and ponders the role of the family in a time when the very meaning of our existence is under threat. 'America's greatest living writer.' - Observer Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
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Add this copy of White Noise to cart. $37.49, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of White Noise to cart. $37.49, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Viking Books.
Add this copy of White Noise to cart. $53.61, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Viking Books.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Add this copy of White Noise to cart. $55.00, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Viking Books.
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Good. Dust jacket missing. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the boards with some fading and discoloration; light bowing to the boards. Tight binding. Clean interior pages. Moderate bumping and fraying to the corners. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Add this copy of White Noise to cart. $62.00, fair condition, Sold by Twice Sold Tales rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ashfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Viking Adult.
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Fair. Size: 20x20x20; 1985 Viking hard cover-1st edition 1st printing-ex-library with usual trappings-some staining to mylar cover and closed page edge-binding out of square-otherwise dust jacket fine binding strong contents clean-enjoy.
Add this copy of White Noise to cart. $91.95, very good condition, Sold by David Segal rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brooklyn, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Viking Books.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 326 p. Audience: General/trade. Ships with signature confirmation. 1985 hardcover 1st edition 1st printing. Small tear and a bit of tanning on white dj, inevitable light sunning on edge of cover, tiny stain on spine, top back corner a little bumped, else text clean, binding tight.
Add this copy of White Noise to cart. $132.00, very good condition, Sold by Twice Sold Tales rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ashfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Viking Adult.
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Very Good. Size: 20x20x20; 1985 Viking hard cover-1st edition 1st printing-owner's name taped over inside front cover-minor wear to dust jacket (now in mylar cover) slight stianing to closed page edge-otherwise dust jacket and cover fine binding strong contents clean-included contemporary review from NYT-nice overall condition-enjoy.
Add this copy of White Noise to cart. $202.00, like new condition, Sold by Rumble's Attic rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Jefferson, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Viking Books.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Fine/Fine unclipped DJ. 1st Edition/Stated 1st Printing. Full number line down to and including 1. Square, tight and unread. From my personal book collection. 326 p. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of White Noise to cart. $357.00, like new condition, Sold by Southampton Sag Harbor Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southampton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Viking Adult.
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Like New in Like New jacket. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($16.95 price intact). Published by Viking, 1985. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. An uncommonly fine copy of this landmark Delillo novel. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
Add this copy of White Noise to cart. $483.94, very good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Viking.
This book was a really interesting read. I had always thought of DeLillo as 'one of those post-modern writers,' and after reading Pynchon, I was expecting something similarly disjointed and abrupt. I was delighted to find a quieter post-modernism, no less radical - in some ways more - but gentler about it. DeLillo allows the reader to read this book like it is a story AND gives commentary on all aspects of life and litcrit. In some ways he also reminds me of Dickens and the other classics; his sentences seem to contain more than the sum of their words. The title is pervasive throughout the book, as the stream-of-conscious-type narration is filled with small non-sequitor 'white noise.' This is going on the shelf with half a dozen other books that I consider to be a perfect pleasure to read.
