DeLillo, Don

White Noise (Picador Collection)

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ISBN 13:: 9781529077261
author:: DeLillo, Don
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Picador
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2022
Pages:: 384
Dimensions:: 19.7 x 13 x 2.4 centimetres (0.2
Genre:: Fiction & Literature, Literary, Fiction & Literature,
Condition:: New
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White Noise is a thought-provoking novel that combines social satire and metaphysical dilemma, exploring the human condition in the face of uncertainty. When a chemical spill from a train carriage releases an 'Airborne Toxic Event', the author's life is turned upside down, forcing him to confront his deepest fears.

Don DeLillo's writing masterfully exposes the darker aspects of modern life, including rampant consumerism, media saturation, and the search for novelty intellectualism. This is a story about the particular strangeness of life lived when the fear of death cannot be denied or repressed, and the role of the family in a time when the meaning of our existence is under threat.

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