Community members will wake up early on Saturday morning to run their mouths in James Madison College’s 10th annual public marathon reading.
Don DeLillo’s novel, “White Noise,” was chosen to be this year’s read.
Public marathon reading to be held Saturday
Participants are not allowed to put the book down — literally — and they will spend the day passing it around and reading out loud to each other.
The marathon will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the James Madison Library in South Case Hall and will last all day until the 336-page novel is finished.
In the past, some reading marathons have lasted 18 to 22 hours, and some even longer.
Participants of this marathon will be able to come and go, staying for as long as they wish.
“White Noise” won a National Book Award after its publication in 1985.
The narrator of the fictional novel, Jack Gladney, is a college professor at a school named “College-on-the-Hill,” and is in charge of Hitler studies.
The novel delves into Gladney’s obsession, fascination and fear of death.
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