White Noise by Don DeLillo
The novel is a postmodern exploration of death and consumerism in the United States. It follows a year in the life of Jack Gladney, a professor who has made his name by pioneering the field of Hitler Studies at a small liberal arts college in Middle America. Jack and his fourth wife, Babette, are afraid of death and are obsessed with finding a cure for their fear. Their lives are disrupted by an airborne toxic event, which forces them to confront their mortality and the toxic effects of modern life.
The 401st greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1985
- Nationality
- American
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 300-400
- Words
- 78,500
- Original Language
- English
- Alternate Titles
- None
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- 4th on 50 Books to Read Before You Die (Complex)
- 30th on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
- 48th on The 50 best books of the past 100 years (The Times)
- 56th on TrueLit's Top 100 Favorite Books (2023) (/r/TrueLit)
- 63rd on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 80th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 82nd on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 173rd on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- The Well-Educated Mind (Book)
- One Hundred Best American Novels, 1770 to 1985 (The American Scholar)
- TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
- David Bowie's Top 100 Favorite Books (David Bowie)
- National Book Award - Fiction (National Book Foundation)
- What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years? (New York Times)
- The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- As if You Don't Have Enough to Read, Fiction Edition (New York Times)
- A Century of Reading (Lithub)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)