Penguin Orange Collection White Noise: (Penguin Orange Collection), (Paperback)

from bobbybslax

The writing often speaks to thoughts and feelings I've had that seemed indescribable. It's also often very funny in a droll sort of way. The book's schtick tired on me in its final stretch, where it abandoned its increasingly significant plot points to return to the noise. Luckily, the book's a p...

from siafl

One of those intellectual books. Comical, philosophical, insightful. For a while I didn't know where the book was going, but towards the end references came together nicely. It feels to me that I've missed a lot of hidden connections as I skimmed through some places, but over all I have a nice im...

from Niecierpek

The underlying existential angst of a contemporary man who goes about his daily activities, but always has the fear of dying lingering in the back of his mind, is like the white noise in the background of other images on TV: always there. That angst is fueled daily by tabloids and media concentra...

from ggarfield

Data Deluge and dull hum crowd out Meaning. At one level this seemed like an interminable plumbing of the notion of self absorption. Then again, perhaps self absorption is a form of "white noise" and as such tedious by its very nature. That being the point. Self absorption as a form of our cultur...

from Meggo

Confession time - I don't get Don DeLillo. I had previously read "Falling Man", and didn't enjoy it much, so it was with trepidation that I picked up "White Noise". Ultimately, its inclusion on several lists of "Books You Absolutely Must Read Right This Second" tipped the balance. This was not a ...