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A review by curtnez
White Noise by Don DeLillo
5.0
Five glowing, phosphorescent stars.
I loved pretty much everything about this book. It is a warped magnifying glass on much in American culture: consumerism, media, family life, disaster, academia. It was written in 1985 so there is a lot of commentary about TV & radio and I can just imagine what the book would be with the internet: click bait, online shopping, wi-fi signals.
The writing is mesmerizing; it’s attuned to undercurrents and generates weirdly vivid scenes that seep through your skin. I don’t think I’ll forget the Socratic dialogue at the supermarket, the slightly skewed family conversations, the background details of scenes like buttons and zippers making sound in the dryer, the mysteriously beautiful sunsets.
Stylistically it is way ahead of its time. Although a major theme is death and dying, it’s also really funny if you make yourself susceptible. I wish I read this sooner!
I loved pretty much everything about this book. It is a warped magnifying glass on much in American culture: consumerism, media, family life, disaster, academia. It was written in 1985 so there is a lot of commentary about TV & radio and I can just imagine what the book would be with the internet: click bait, online shopping, wi-fi signals.
The writing is mesmerizing; it’s attuned to undercurrents and generates weirdly vivid scenes that seep through your skin. I don’t think I’ll forget the Socratic dialogue at the supermarket, the slightly skewed family conversations, the background details of scenes like buttons and zippers making sound in the dryer, the mysteriously beautiful sunsets.
Stylistically it is way ahead of its time. Although a major theme is death and dying, it’s also really funny if you make yourself susceptible. I wish I read this sooner!