Postmodern Gems

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close By Foer, Jonathan Safran (Book - 2005) FOE All copies in use. Availability details Holds: 32 on 32 copies
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Breakfast of Champions, Or, Goodbye Blue Monday!
Breakfast of Champions, Or, Goodbye Blue Monday! By Vonnegut, Kurt (Book - 2006) VON All copies in use. Availability details
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Travels in the Scriptorium
Travels in the Scriptorium By Auster, Paul (Book - 2007) AUS Available in some Locations

Annotation:Best if read after already familiar with Auster's work, as allusion abound.

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Slaughterhouse-five
Slaughterhouse-five The Children's Crusade : A Duty-dance with Death By Vonnegut, Kurt (Book - 1969) VON Available in some Locations

Annotation:"Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time".

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The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49 By Pynchon, Thomas (Book - 1966) PYN Available in some Locations

Annotation:Is it an elaborate conspiracy or just a series of coincidences?

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Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves By Danielewski, Mark Z. (Book - 2000) DAN All copies in use. Availability details Holds: 4 on 3 copies

Annotation:A deeply frightening, uncanny book. Several interwoven stories told by several levels of narrator. Complex and strange.

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