What's Postmodernism?

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Originally Posted by WednesdayAddams

Post modern literature....Have you read anything by TC Boyle? His fiction, especially his short stories, are really good examples of post-modern literature.

TC lives in the area. A lot of his short stories have Santa Barbara area references. My gf is a big fan of his and has been for many years. He recently did a reading and answered audience questions in a very small theater downtown and we went to see him. It was the kick off of his book tour for The Women.

Anyway, I don't read a lot of fiction but I did read several of his short stories prior to his talk. My sum total experience is the short stories that I read and one that he read to us from a collection called Wild Child plus an older one that he read to us. What makes his stuff post-modern? His stuff is interesting enough and quite witty but it doesn't seem that different than other fiction that I have read. He's hipper than Irving and less cheesy than Stephen King.