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The Crying of Lot 49 The Crying of Lot 49 (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.69 — 102,980 ratings — published 1965
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Slaughterhouse-Five Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,537,657 ratings — published 1969
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White Noise White Noise (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.86 — 132,839 ratings — published 1985
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.00 — 118,149 ratings — published 1979
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Gravity’s Rainbow Gravity’s Rainbow (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.02 — 50,692 ratings — published 1973
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Infinite Jest Infinite Jest (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.25 — 106,912 ratings — published 1996
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Simulacra and Simulation Simulacra and Simulation (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.00 — 17,757 ratings — published 1981
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Catch-22 Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.99 — 908,789 ratings — published 1961
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House of Leaves House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.09 — 217,052 ratings — published 2000
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Lolita Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 20 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.87 — 986,579 ratings — published 1955
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Naked Lunch: The Restored Text Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.46 — 101,322 ratings — published 1959
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V. V. (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.97 — 26,240 ratings — published 1963
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The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
by (shelved 19 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.86 — 91,008 ratings — published 1987
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Underworld Underworld (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.96 — 35,152 ratings — published 1997
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Pale Fire Pale Fire (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.17 — 61,213 ratings — published 1962
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Invisible Cities Invisible Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.09 — 103,789 ratings — published 1972
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The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,973 ratings — published 1979
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One Hundred Years of Solitude One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,162,654 ratings — published 1967
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A Clockwork Orange A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.00 — 797,061 ratings — published 1962
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Cat’s Cradle Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.15 — 451,946 ratings — published 1963
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2666 2666 (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.22 — 53,204 ratings — published 2004
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The Pale King The Pale King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.97 — 20,635 ratings — published 2011
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Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.00 — 7,640 ratings — published 1991
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Ficciones Ficciones (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.39 — 84,826 ratings — published 1944
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.23 — 38,848 ratings — published 1975
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Waiting for Godot Waiting for Godot (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.84 — 230,279 ratings — published 1952
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Beloved Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.99 — 520,608 ratings — published 1987
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Inherent Vice Inherent Vice (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.80 — 40,234 ratings — published 2009
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The Name of the Rose The Name of the Rose (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.14 — 410,067 ratings — published 1980
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Mason & Dixon Mason & Dixon (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.15 — 13,286 ratings — published 1997
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.14 — 328,259 ratings — published 1994
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.10 — 574,299 ratings — published 1984
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Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.01 — 277,095 ratings — published 2004
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Libra Libra (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.09 — 26,011 ratings — published 1988
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Mao II Mao II (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.69 — 13,943 ratings — published 1991
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Foucault’s Pendulum Foucault’s Pendulum (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.91 — 77,051 ratings — published 1988
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The French Lieutenant’s Woman The French Lieutenant’s Woman (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.89 — 56,849 ratings — published 1969
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Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.18 — 9,185 ratings — published 1972
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Bleeding Edge Bleeding Edge (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.63 — 14,768 ratings — published 2013
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Breakfast of Champions Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.06 — 287,649 ratings — published 1973
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The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.02 — 26,891 ratings — published 1976
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Vineland Vineland (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.74 — 20,368 ratings — published 1990
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.80 — 4,036,530 ratings — published 1951
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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.83 — 32,862 ratings — published 1999
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Against the Day Against the Day (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.07 — 10,567 ratings — published 2006
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Ulysses Ulysses (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.76 — 142,522 ratings — published 1922
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The Satanic Verses The Satanic Verses (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.71 — 73,997 ratings — published 1988
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A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.33 — 7,284 ratings — published 1980
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Lost in the Funhouse Lost in the Funhouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 3.67 — 6,914 ratings — published 1968
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The Sot-Weed Factor The Sot-Weed Factor (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as post-modernism)
avg rating 4.13 — 7,924 ratings — published 1960
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Umberto Eco
“I think of the postmodern attitude as that of a man who loves a very cultivated woman and knows that he cannot say to her "I love you madly", because he knows that she knows (and that she knows he knows) that these words have already been written by Barbara Cartland. Still there is a solution. He can say "As Barbara Cartland would put it, I love you madly". At this point, having avoided false innocence, having said clearly it is no longer possible to talk innocently, he will nevertheless say what he wanted to say to the woman: that he loves her in an age of lost innocence.”
― Umberto Eco

Jean Baudrillard
“We need a visible past, a visible continuum, a visible myth of origin to reassure us as to our ends, since ultimately we have never believed in them.”
― Jean Baudrillard, Simulations (Semiotext

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