White Noise

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction

Pages: 256
Published: 1985
Language: English

Jack Gladney, a professor specializing in Hitler studies, navigates the anxieties of modern life in this darkly humorous novel. Amidst family dramas and an "airborne toxic event," he confronts his own mortality and the pervasive fear of death. It's a sharp look at a family grappling with the absurdities of existence.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Thought-Provoking Philosophical Dark Satirical

Fish Out of Water Morally Grey

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction Classics

Authors

Don DeLillo

Donald Richard DeLillo (Don DeLillo) is an American novelist, playwright and essayist, DeLillo's works centers on subjects as diverse as TV, nuclear war, sports, language, performance art, the Cold War, the digital age, politics, economics, and terrorism.

Mosche Hana'ami

Mosche Hana'ami is the author of "White Noise." His work is known for its clear, direct style. He writes with an honest voice.