{"product_id":"9780140274981","title":"White Noise: Text and Criticism","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the \u003cb\u003eNational Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e in 1985, \u003cb\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/b\u003e is the story of Jack and Babette and their children from their six or so various marriages. 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 from the 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.\u003cb\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/b\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 \u003cb\u003eWhite Noise\u003c\/b\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008577683696,"sku":"9780140274981","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140274981_p0.jpg?v=1763642331","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140274981","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}