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Concrete IslandNovel
J. G. Ballardstandalone novel1974
About survival and loneliness, set in our world 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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The Gum ThiefNovel
Douglas Couplandstandalone novel2007
About loneliness.
“The Gum Thief is Canadian author Douglas Coupland's twelfth novel.”
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The Robber BrideNovel
Margaret Atwoodstandalone novel1993
About friendship and gender and society.
Interior ChinatownNovel
Charles Yustandalone novel2020
Satire, about race and racism and art and artists.
“A television adaptation of the novel, created by Yu and starring Jimmy O. Yang, premiered on Hulu on November 19, 2024.”
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Man in the DarkNovel
Paul Austerstandalone novel2008
Alternate history and dystopia, about war.
“An insomniac makes up a story about a man transported to an alternate reality in which a US civil war erupted after the 2000 election.”
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Gods Without MenNovel
Hari Kunzrustandalone novel2011
Magical realism, set in desert.