Postmodernism books
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Jorge Luis BorgesStory collection of labyrinths, invented books and false scholarship, often cited as a precursor of postmodern fiction.
The Crying of Lot 49
Thomas PynchonA woman investigates a possible secret postal system, a plot that never resolves, and a central question about meaning.
Lost in the Funhouse
John BarthStories that foreground their own construction, including one written as a set of instructions for reading it.
Gravity's Rainbow
Thomas PynchonA sprawling wartime novel that mixes history, paranoia, parody and shifting narrative voices.
Mumbo Jumbo
Ishmael ReedA novel that mixes detective fiction, Harlem Renaissance history and a satirical look at American culture.
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More postmodernism books
- If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
If on a Winter's Night a TravelerItalo Calvino - The Postmodern Condition
The Postmodern ConditionJean-François Lyotard - The Name of the Rose
The Name of the RoseUmberto Eco - Simulacra and Simulation
Simulacra and SimulationJean Baudrillard - City of Glass
City of GlassPaul Auster - White Noise
White NoiseDon DeLillo - A Poetics of Postmodernism
A Poetics of PostmodernismLinda Hutcheon - Postmodernist Fiction
Postmodernist FictionBrian McHale - Infinite Jest
Infinite JestDavid Foster Wallace - House of Leaves
House of LeavesMark Z. Danielewski - Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-FiveKurt Vonnegut1956 - My Name is Red
My Name is RedOrhan Pamuk1998