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PiranesiNovel
Susanna Clarkestandalone novel2020
Fantasy, mysterious in tone, about amnesia.
“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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The Satanic VersesNovel
Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1988
Magical realism, set in our world and british isles.
“As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters.”
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Cross RoadsNovel
Wm. Paul Youngstandalone novel2012
Emotional in tone, about redemption, set in dreamworld.
“A cerebral hemorrhage leaves Tony comatose in a hospital ICU.”
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IslandNovel
Aldous Huxleystandalone novel1962
About 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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GrimusNovel
Salman Rushdiestandalone novel1975
Fantasy, about immortality and quests, set in islands.
“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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Astonishing the GodsNovel
Ben Okristandalone novel1995
Magical realism.