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    The MagusNovel

    John Fowles · standalone novel · 1965

    Postmodern, mysterious in tone, set in europe.

    “Urfe becomes embroiled in the psychological illusions of a master trickster, which become increasingly dark and serious.”

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  • Cover of V.
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    Thomas Pynchon · standalone novel · 1963

    Satire and postmodern, about quests, set in north america.

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  • Cover of Pincher Martin
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    William Golding · standalone novel · 1956

    About survival and madness, set in our world and at sea.

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  • Cover of Cards of Identity
    Cards of IdentityNovel

    Nigel Dennis · standalone novel · 1955

    Satire, about class conflict, set in british isles.

    “The case histories are in fact fictional representations of a character in line with their theoretical biases, rather than analyses of real patients.”

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  • Cover of Island
    IslandNovel

    Aldous Huxley · standalone novel · 1962

    Reflective in tone, about faith and religion and ecological collapse, set in islands.

    “Although it has a plot, the plot largely serves to further conceptual explorations rather than setting up and resolving conventional narrative tension.”

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  • Cover of Underworld
    UnderworldNovel

    Don DeLillo · standalone novel · 1997

    Postmodern, reflective in tone, set in north america and big city.

    “Described as both postmodernist and a reaction to postmodernism, it examines themes of nuclear proliferation, waste, and the contribution of individual lives to the course of history.”

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