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I never understood the definition of postmodernism and every time I think I do I encounter a book that I'm surprised is (or is not) considered postmodernistic. For example, Eco states that the Name of the Rose is postmodernistic but I don't really understand why since it has little similarities with Cat's Cradle, Catch-22, White Noise, etc. I also assume that all Magical Realism is part of postmodernism but I have no idea if this is actually the case. The wikipedia page has a lot of words but makes the distinction with other genres look extremely vague. That makes it a bit more difficult for me to recommend good books here, because I don't know if they fit in this thread. So I'll ask a question instead: which of the following great books would you consider postmodernistic? - Blindness by Jose Saramago (I consider this one, simply because I consider it magical realism) - Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon - Deathless by Catherynne M Valente - The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton - Siddhartha by Herman Hesse - Ubik by Pihilp K Dick - Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Side note: Vonnegut deserves more praise. Cat's Cradle is the best book of his to start with in my opinion.
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MourningView posted:
Here in Europe nobody knows who Vonnegut is, it's extremely annoying. Even people that often read literature.
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