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by yolesaber 4662 days ago
Except that the current vogue in modern literature is hyper-realist memoiristic writing which eschews the Moderist approach of purpled prose in favor of more intimate relations between characters without overbearing literary flourishes e.g. Jonathan Franzen
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You sound like you know what you're talking about, and I really like Franzen. What other authors can you recommend?
And what of infinite jest and Wallace? The end of the last vogue?