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The Literature Book: Postwar Writing - 1945 to 1970 - Page 2

This challenge lists books in the penultimate chapter of 'The Literature Book' (James Canton, 2016.)
Understanding the layout might increase satisfaction.
MAIN SECTION (1-109)
Layout example for 1st theme:
1-7: Index book (1) & other similar/relevant works (2-7)
8-10: Other key works of index book's author (not always present)
Dystopia 1-7, 8-10
Birth of the Teenager 11-15, 16-18
Literature after Auschwitz 19-22
The civil rights movement 23-27
Banned books 28-33, 34-35
The Absurd 36-40
Postwar Japanese writers 41-44
The Beat generation 45-48, 49-52
Nigerian voices 53-58, 59-62
The unreliable narrator 63-68, 69-72
Southern Gothic 73-76
The antinovel 77-81, 82-85
American black humour 86-90
Postwar poetry 91-95
New journalism 96-98, 99-101
The Latin American boom 102-107, 108-109
FURTHER READING (110-139):
Main work +/- other key books by author
Note: There is some (intentional) duplication of books.
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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion (Yukio Mishima)
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
41
Yukio Mishima
'Sakurajima' in the Catch and Other War Stories (Umezaki Haruo)
'Sakurajima' in the Catch and Other War Stories
42
Umezaki Haruo
Fires on the Plain (Shōhei Ōoka)
Fires on the Plain
43
Shōhei Ōoka
The Woman in the Dunes (Kōbō Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
44
Kōbō Abe
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
45
Jack Kerouac
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
46
Ernest Hemingway
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
47
Allen Ginsberg
Naked Lunch (William S. Burroughs)
Naked Lunch
48
William S. Burroughs
The Town and the City (Jack Kerouac)
The Town and the City
49
Jack Kerouac
The Subterraneans (Jack Kerouac)
The Subterraneans
50
Jack Kerouac
The Dharma Bums (Jack Kerouac)
The Dharma Bums
51
Jack Kerouac
Visions of Cody (Jack Kerouac)
Visions of Cody
52
Jack Kerouac
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
53
Chinua Achebe
The Palm-Wine Drinkard (Amos Tutuola)
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
54
Amos Tutuola
People of the City (Cyprian Ekwensi)
People of the City
55
Cyprian Ekwensi
A Dance of the Forests (Wole Soyinka)
A Dance of the Forests
56
Wole Soyinka
Waiting for an Angel (Helon Habila)
Waiting for an Angel
57
Helon Habila
Half of a Yellow Sun (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Half of a Yellow Sun
58
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
No Longer at Ease (Chinua Achebe)
No Longer at Ease
59
Chinua Achebe
Arrow of God (Chinua Achebe)
Arrow of God
60
Chinua Achebe
Anthills of the Savannah (Chinua Achebe)
Anthills of the Savannah
61
Chinua Achebe
A Man of the People (Chinua Achebe)
A Man of the People
62
Chinua Achebe
The Tin Drum (Günter Grass)
The Tin Drum
63
Günter Grass
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
64
Mark Twain
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
65
Vladimir Nabokov
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
66
Anthony Burgess
American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
67
Bret Easton Ellis
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
68
Yann Martel
Cat and Mouse (Günter Grass)
Cat and Mouse
69
Günter Grass
Dog Years (Günter Grass)
Dog Years
70
Günter Grass
My Century (Günter Grass)
My Century
71
Günter Grass
Crabwalk (Günter Grass)
Crabwalk
72
Günter Grass
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
73
Harper Lee
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Carson McCullers)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
74
Carson McCullers
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Tennessee Williams)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
75
Tennessee Williams
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
76
John Kennedy Toole
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
77
Julio Cortázar
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra)
Don Quixote
78
Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
At Swim-Two-Birds (Flann O'Brien)
At Swim-Two-Birds
79
Flann O'Brien
The Castle of Crossed Destinies (Italo Calvino)
The Castle of Crossed Destinies
80
Italo Calvino
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