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14605558 No.14605558 [Reply] [Original]

What are some good modern books that aren't postmodern maximalist slogs?

>> No.14605570

not my diary desu

>> No.14605573

>>14605558
how can someone make a book that isn't a postmodern maximalist slog when the real world they live in is a postmodernist maximalist slog

>> No.14605576

>>14605573
woah bro fucking deep

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14605633

All modern books are by definition not postmodern. That said, good books written after 1960 that aren't obnoxiously maximalist
>The Ice Palace by Tarjei Vesaas
>Greybeard by Brian Aldiss (science fiction pulp that's actually really good)
>anything Vonnegut (easy high school level stuff that's popular with vacuous sorts who want to look "literary," but it's not as bad as its most vocal fans)
>>14605573
pic related

>> No.14605652

>>14605558
>modern books that aren't postmodern maximalist
>it's an "OP thinks Ulysses is postmodern" episode
Time to turn off the electricity