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61 Essential Postmodern Reads - Page 2

The thing about postmodernism is it's impossible to pin down exactly what might make a book postmodern. In looking at the attributes of the essential postmodern reads, we found some were downright contradictory. Postmodern books have a reputation for being massive tomes, like David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" -- but then there's "The Mezzanine" by Nicholson Baker, which has just 144 pages. And while postmodern books would, you'd think, have to be published after the modern period -- in the 20th or 21st centuries -- could postmodernism exist without "Tristram Shandy"? We think not.
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Wittgenstein's Mistress (David Markson)
Wittgenstein's Mistress
David Markson
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Remainder, by Tom McCarthy
Remainder, by Tom McCarthy
43
Women and Men (Joseph McElroy)
Women and Men
Joseph McElroy
44
Edwin Mullhouse (Steven Millhauser)
Edwin Mullhouse
Steven Millhauser
45
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
46
Pale Fire (Vladimir Nabokov)
Pale Fire
Vladimir Nabokov
47
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
Flann O'Brien
48
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried
49
Best of American Splendor
Best of American Splendor
50
Gravity's Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon)
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas Pynchon
51
The Counterlife
The Counterlife
52
The Rings of Saturn
The Rings of Saturn
53
Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
54
Mulligan Stew (Gilbert Sorrentino)
Mulligan Stew
Gilbert Sorrentino
55
Trance (Christopher Sorrentino)
Trance
Christopher Sorrentino
56
Maus: The Complete Maus (Art Spiegelman)
Maus: The Complete Maus
Art Spiegelman
57
Tristram Shandy (Laurence Sterne)
Tristram Shandy
Laurence Sterne
58
Popco (Scarlett Thomas)
Popco
Scarlett Thomas
59
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
60
Infinite Jest (David Foster Wallace)
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
61
John Henry Days
John Henry Days
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