by Don DeLillo
<b>The National Book Award–winning classic by the author of <i>Underworld </i>and <i>Libra</i>, featuring an introduction by Richard Powers, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>The Overstory</i> and <i>Playground</i><br><br>Now a major motion picture starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig</b><br><i> <br>White Noise</i> tells the story of Jack Gladney, his fourth wife, Babette, and four ultramodern offspring as they navigate the rocky passages of family life to the background babble of brand-name consumerism. When an industrial accident unleashes an "airborne toxic event," a lethal black chemical cloud floats over their lives. The menacing cloud is a more urgent and visible version of the "white noise" engulfing the Gladneys—radio transmissions, sirens, microwaves, ultrasonic appliances, and TV murmurings—pulsing with life, yet suggesting something ominous.<br><br> For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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"İstatistiklere göre depremlerin sayısı artışta değil." Küçümseme dolu bir tebessümle bana baktı. Bunu fazlasıyla hak ettiğim hissine kapıldım, gerçi neden öyle olduğundan emin değildim. Belki de güçlü inançlar, korkular, arzular karşısında istatistiklerden alıntı yapmak abes kaçtığı için.
