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Concrete IslandNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1974
About survival and loneliness, set in contemporary and europe.
“Architect Robert Maitland crashes his car onto a stretch of wasteland trapped between three converging motorways -- visible from thousands of cars, reachable by none of them.”
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IslandNovel
Aldous Huxleystandalone novel1962
About faith and religion and ecological collapse, set in mid 20th century and 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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Mother NightNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1962
Dark in tone, about war, set in mid 20th century and europe.
“Howard W. Campbell Jr., an American playwright who grew up in Germany, writes his memoirs from an Israeli prison cell awaiting trial for war crimes.”
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CrashNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1973
Dark in tone, about madness and addiction, set in contemporary.
Cloud AtlasNovel
David Mitchellstandalone novel2004
Science fiction and historical fiction, about reincarnation.
Briefing for a Descent Into HellNovel
Doris Lessingstandalone novel1971
About madness, set in contemporary.