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Post-War to Late 20th Century

The literature of the Cold War era and beyond: from existential exploration to postmodern experimentation.

Lolita

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

Graham Greene

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

Anthony Burgess

Beloved

Beloved

Toni Morrison

Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kundera

Blood Meridian

Blood Meridian

Cormac McCarthy

Rabbit, Run

Rabbit, Run

John Updike

Austerlitz

Austerlitz

W.G. Sebald

"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it."