Having admitted that fiction continued to be written after the 1940s, who are some contemporary writers or specific works that are recommended for somebody who doesn't particularly like historical fiction, sci fi, or fantasy writing?
Need different books on the bedside table.
Need different books on the bedside table.
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Re: Recommended contemporary writers
Sat, October 20, 2007 - 5:30 AMMotherless Brooklyn, by Jonathan Lethem
The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
Midnight's Children, by Salman Rushdie
Just about anything by Margaret Atwood
A Student of Weather, by Elizabeth Hay
Stones From the River, by Ursula Hegi
I've got more, but that's a start. Technically you could call Midnight's Children and Stones From the River historical fiction because they're not set in the decade in which they were written, but I'd still say their style is contemporary. -
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Re: Recommended contemporary writers
Thu, October 25, 2007 - 4:36 AMDenis Johnson, Douglas Coupland, and R.M. Berry.
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Re: Recommended contemporary writers
Fri, November 2, 2007 - 8:54 PMElmore Leonard, Raymond Carver, John Gardner, John Mortimer, Joyce Carol Oates, Dick Francis, Kurt Vonnegut, Toni Morrison, Chester Himes, Amy Tan, Sherman Alexie.
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Re: Recommended contemporary writers
Mon, November 12, 2007 - 11:48 PMThanks
Here are some of my recent acquisitions--
Jesus' Son--Denis Johnson
Dead Already--Denis Johnson
Diary--Chuck Palahnuik
Norwegian Wood--Haruki Murakami
The Elephant Vanishes--Haruki Murakami
Blind Woman, Sleeping Willow--Haruki Murakami
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Re: Recommended contemporary writers
Tue, November 13, 2007 - 2:48 PMCheck out the wrting of Wililam Gaddis & Stanley Elkin. They are both geniuses.
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