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The Literature Book: Postwar Writing - 1945 to 1970 - Page 3

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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Bartleby and Co. (Enrique Vila-Matas)
Bartleby and Co.
81
Enrique Vila-Matas
The Winners (Julio Cortázar)
The Winners
82
Julio Cortázar
Blow-Up and Other Stories (Julio Cortázar)
Blow-Up and Other Stories
83
Julio Cortázar
62: A Model Kit (Julio Cortázar)
62: A Model Kit
84
Julio Cortázar
A Manual for Manuel (Julio Cortázar)
A Manual for Manuel
85
Julio Cortázar
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
86
Joseph Heller
The Day of the Locust (Nathanael West)
The Day of the Locust
87
Nathanael West
Goodbye, Columbus (Philip Roth)
Goodbye, Columbus
88
Philip Roth
The Crying of Lot 49 (Thomas Pynchon)
The Crying of Lot 49
89
Thomas Pynchon
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
90
Kurt Vonnegut
Death of a Naturalist (Seamus Heaney)
Death of a Naturalist
91
Seamus Heaney
The Collected Poetry (W.H. Auden)
The Collected Poetry
92
W.H. Auden
The Hawk in the Rain (Ted Hughes)
The Hawk in the Rain
93
Ted Hughes
The Whitsun Weddings (Philip Larkin)
The Whitsun Weddings
94
Philip Larkin
Ariel (Sylvia Plath)
Ariel
95
Sylvia Plath
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
96
Truman Capote
Radical Chic and Mau Mauing the Flak Catchers (Tom Wolfe)
Radical Chic and Mau Mauing the Flak Catchers
97
Tom Wolfe
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
98
Hunter S. Thompson
The Grass Harp (Truman Capote)
The Grass Harp
99
Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
100
Truman Capote
Answered Prayers (Truman Capote)
Answered Prayers
101
Truman Capote
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
102
Gabriel García Márquez
Mr. President (Aka. the President) (Miguel Angel Asturias)
Mr. President (Aka. the President)
103
Miguel Angel Asturias
Men of Maize (Miguel Ángel Asturias)
Men of Maize
104
Miguel Ángel Asturias
The Death of Artemio Cruz (Carlos Fuentes)
The Death of Artemio Cruz
105
Carlos Fuentes
Hopscotch (Julio Cortázar)
Hopscotch
106
Julio Cortázar
Conversation in the Cathedral (Mario Vargas Llosa)
Conversation in the Cathedral
107
Mario Vargas Llosa
Love in the Time of Cholera (Gabriel García Márquez)
Love in the Time of Cholera
108
Gabriel García Márquez
Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Gabriel García Márquez)
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
109
Gabriel García Márquez
Paroles: Selected Poems (Jacques Prévert)
Paroles: Selected Poems
110
Jacques Prévert
Cry, the Beloved Country (Alan Paton)
Cry, the Beloved Country
111
Alan Paton
Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)
Snow Country
112
Yasunari Kawabata
The Lagoon and Other Stories (Janet Frame)
The Lagoon and Other Stories
113
Janet Frame
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
114
Ernest Hemingway
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ernest Hemingway)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
115
Ernest Hemingway
A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)
A Farewell to Arms
116
Ernest Hemingway
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
117
William Golding
The Inheritors (William Golding)
The Inheritors
118
William Golding
To the Ends of the Earth Trilogy (William Golding)
To the Ends of the Earth Trilogy
119
William Golding
The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings
120
J.R.R. Tolkien
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