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Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with DeathNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1969
Science fiction and time travel, about war.
“Vonnegut opens in his own voice, describing the twenty years it took him to face writing about surviving the firebombing of Dresden as a POW.”
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When Marnie Was ThereNovel
Joan G. Robinsonstandalone novel1967
About loneliness and friendship.
“There she meets a mysterious and headstrong girl named Marnie who lives in a house overlooking the marshes.”
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SurfacingNovel
Margaret Atwoodstandalone novel1972
Eerie in tone, about identity, set in north america.
“Surfacing has been described by commentators as a companion novel to Atwood's collection of poems, Power Politics, which was written the previous year and deals with complementary issues.”
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Mother NightNovel
Kurt Vonnegut & Jr.standalone novel1962
About identity and war, set in our world 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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The Green MileNovel
Stephen Kingstandalone novel1996
Magical realism, emotional in tone, set in north america.
“The serial novel was released in six volumes before being republished as a single-volume work.”
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Cat's EyeNovel
Margaret Atwoodstandalone novel1988
About friendship and coming of age, set in north america.