White noise

Penguin Classics deluxe ed.

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Author

Publication

2009 - Penguin Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

77,500 words, Guess

Page Count

310 pages

Identifiers

Internet Archivewhitenoise0000deli
ISBN-139780143105985
ISBN-100143105981
WikidataQ116175133
Library of Congress Control Number2010294890

and 3 more

OCLC Control Number647979013
Better World Books9780143105985
Open LibraryOL26884169M

Classifications

DDC813/.54
LCCPS3554.E4425 W48 2009
LCCPS3554.E4425W48 2009

Description

The trials and tribulations of a profesor of Hitler studies.

Description

Jack Gladney, a professor of Nazi history at a Middle American liberal arts school, and his family try to handle normal family life as a black cloud of lethal gaseous fumes threatens their town. Winner of the 1985 National Book Award from the author of "Zero K" 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. -- Provided by publisher.