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We Have Always Lived in the CastleNovel
Shirley Jacksonstandalone novel1962
Gothic, about family secrets, set in mid 20th century.
“A young woman lives with her older sister and sickly uncle in their old family house, after a mysterious tragedy turns the townsfolk against them.”
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Black OxenNovel
Gertrude Athertonstandalone novel1923
About identity and gender and society, set in north america and early 20th century.
PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Fantasy, about amnesia and identity, set in otherworld.
“A man lives in a huge isolated labyrinthine building partially submerged in an ocean, together with another man and 13 skeletons, which is the only world he recalls.”
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Concrete IslandNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1974
About survival and identity, set in our world and contemporary.
“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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The Thief of TimeNovel
John Boynestandalone novel2000
Historical fiction, bittersweet in tone, about identity, set in our world.
“Matthieu Zela's life is characterized by the fact that as he grows older through the 18th century, he discovers that his body has stopped ageing, and he is near immortal.”
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GrimusNovel
Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1975
Fantasy, about quests and identity, set in otherworld.
“After drinking a mysterious fluid that grants him immortality, the young Axona man Flapping Eagle sets out on a centuries-long search for his vanished sister, drifting through identities and eras as the decades pass without aging him.”
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