{"product_id":"white-noise-text-and-criticism-9780140274981","title":"White Noise: Text and Criticism","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe National Book Award-winning classic from the author of \u003ci\u003eUnderworld\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLibra\u003c\/i\u003e, soon to be a major motion picture starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of Jack, his wife, Babette, and their four ultramodern offspring. They live in a college town where Jack is Professor of Hitler Studies (and conceals the fact that he does not speak a word of German), and Babette teaches posture and volunteers by reading tabloids to a group of elderly shut-ins. They are happy enough, until a deadly toxic accident and Babette's addiction to an experimental drug make Jake question everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e is considered a postmodern classic and its unfolding of themes of consumerism, family and divorce, and technology as a deadly threat have attracted the attention of literary scholars since its publication. This Viking Critical Library edition, prepared by scholar Mark Osteen, is the only edition of \u003ci\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/i\u003e that contains the entire text along with an extensive critical apparatus, including a critical introduction, selected essays on the author, the work, and its themes, reviews, a chronology of DeLillo's life and work, a list of discussion topics, and a selected bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon DeLillo\u003c\/b\u003e published his first short story when he was twenty-three years old. He has since written twelve novels, including \u003cb\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/b\u003e (1985) which won the National Book Award. It was followed by \u003cb\u003eLibra\u003c\/b\u003e (1988), his novel about the assassination of President Kennedy, and by \u003cb\u003eMao II\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction.\u003cp\u003eIn 1997, he published the bestselling \u003cb\u003eUnderworld\u003c\/b\u003e, and in 1999 he was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, given to a writer whose work expresses the theme of the freedom of the individual in society; he was the first American author to receive it. He is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409647210770,"sku":"9780140274981","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2a916256-86f5-4545-8c34-3353c1cb03b4.jpg?v=1737110946","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/white-noise-text-and-criticism-9780140274981","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}