{"product_id":"white-noise-9780140077025","title":"White Noise","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Award - a \"eerie, brilliant, and touching\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) family drama about mass culture and the numbing effects of technology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJack Gladney teaches Hitler studies at a liberal arts college in Middle America where his colleagues include New York expatriates who want to immerse themselves in \"American magic and dread.\" Jack and his fourth wife, Babette, bound by their love, fear of death, and four ultramodern offspring, navigate the usual rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism.\u003cp\u003eThen a lethal black chemical cloud floats over their lives, an \"airborne toxic event\" unleashed by an industrial accident. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the \"white noise\" engulfing the Gladney family--radio transmissions, sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV murmerings--pulsing with life, yet heralding the danger of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140077025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.10w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/08\/2008 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/20\/2009 pg. 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2009 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Don Delillo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634740981916,"sku":"9780140077025","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5363fe58-fd0f-47fe-885f-adcebb27ce3f.jpg?v=1603837532","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/white-noise-9780140077025","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}