{"product_id":"white-noise-text-and-criticism-isbn-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300353364197,"sku":"NP9780140274981","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140274981.jpg?v=1742919763","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/white-noise-text-and-criticism-isbn-9780140274981","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}