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White Noise is the eighth novel by Don DeLillo, published by Viking Press in 1985. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. [1] White Noise is a cornerstone example of postmodern literature. It is widely considered DeLillo's breakout work and brought him to the attention of a much larger audience.
In 2005 DeLillo said "White Noise" was a fine choice, adding, "Once a title is affixed to a book, it becomes as indelible as a sentence or a paragraph." [29] DeLillo followed White Noise with Libra (1988), a speculative fictionalized life of Lee Harvey Oswald up to the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.
"The Ecological Analysis of White Noise by Don DeLillo" (PDF). Atlantis Press: 124–127 This article examines the thesis that White Noise is focused on the natural crisis caused by industrialization. Zhao explores the ‘Airborne Toxic Event’ that takes place in the novel, and how it reflects in the way of a crisis.
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White Noise is a 2022 absurdist comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, adapted from the 1985 novel by Don DeLillo. [5] It is Baumbach's first directed feature not to be based on an original story of his own. The film stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, and Don Cheadle.
He has tried a white noise machine to help him sleep, [5] and describes himself as "the fractured and angry and edgy black visual artist." [6] Dawn, a white liberal lawyer. [2] Something of a "white saviour". [7] Ralph, a white and wealthy writer. [1] Misha, the black host of the YouTube show Ask a Black. [2] [1]
White Noise follows a top-selling music producer controversy by turning talented, white supremacist artists into big stars. Steadily baited by fame and power, two diametrically opposed groups – a pop band that churns out catchy tunes of coded rhetoric and a hip-hop-turned-gangster rap duo – meet at the top of the charts and collide with consequence.
In its starred review, Kirkus Reviews called The Silence a "vivid" book, and that "in its evocation of people in the throes of social crisis, it feels deeply resonant." [ 3 ] Publishers Weekly praised DeLillo's "mastery of dialogue" and said the work stood out among DeLillo's short fiction but felt "underpowered" compared to his novels.