White Noise (novel)

White Noise is the eighth novel by Don DeLillo, published by Viking Press in 1985. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.^[1]

White Noise is a cornerstone example of postmodern literature. It is widely considered DeLillo's breakout work and brought him to the attention of a much larger audience. Time Magazine included the novel in its list of "Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005."^[2] DeLillo originally wanted to call the book Panasonic, but the Panasonic Corporation objected.^[3]

In late 2022, the novel was adapted by director Noah Baumbach into a film of the same name starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.

^ "National Book Awards – 1985". National Book Foundation. Retrieved March 27, 2012. (With essays by Courtney Eldridge, Matthew Pitt, and Jess Walter from the Awards 60-year anniversary blog.)
^ Grossman, Lev (January 11, 2010). "White Noise (1985), by Don DeLillo". Time. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
^ Hearst, Andrew (February 22, 2005). "An Annotation of the First Page of White Noise, With Help From Don DeLillo". Panopticist. Andrew Hearst. Archived from the original on February 25, 2005.