Postmodern

The term postmodern literature is used to describe certain characteristics of post-World War II literature (relying heavily, for example, on fragmentation, paradox, questionable narrators, etc.) and a reaction against Enlightenment ideas (that is, reforming society and advancing knowledge) implicit in Modernist literature.

Postmodern Books

The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)

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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Postmodernist Literature

3 books — 1 voter

The Witches of Scotland by Steven P. Aitchison

Transgressive and Bizzaro Fiction

319 books — 131 voters

Postmodern Genius

508 books — 584 voters

61 Essential Postmodern Reads: Los Angeles Times

66 books — 12 voters

The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

Playful Picture Books

50 books — 6 voters

Музей покинутих секретів by Oksana Zabuzhko

Ukrainian modern fiction

50 books — 8 voters

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Quotes Tagged “Postmodern”

“ For official record, announce instructor, the state requires no epic hero. No strive achieve personal celebrity of spotlight and applause. Lectures instructor, the state desires best ideal perform as mediocre. No gain attention showboat. No buffoon. Best effort so occur average. Suppress climbing ego. Become ordinary. Invisible. ”
― Chuck Palahniuk

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