Abstract, Atmospheric, Contemplative, Deconstructive, Intense, Intimate, Manic, Pastoral, Postmodern fiction, Postmodern poetry, Realist art, Realist fiction, Realist poetry, Realist theater, Reception theory

Chatwin is admired for his spare, lapidary style and his innate story-telling abilities. However, he has also been strongly criticised for his fictionalised anecdotes of real people, places, and events. Frequently, the people he wrote about recognised themselves and did not always appreciate his dist

Mythic, Nostalgic, Realist fiction, Spare, Travel & travelogues

Dark, Gritty, Pathos, Political, Realist fiction, Sincere, Urban, Victorian

In 1925, while he was teaching at a boy's school in Wales, the young Evelyn Waugh attempted suicide by swimming out to sea. After getting fairly far from shore, he was forced to turn back: a shoal of stinging jellyfish had beset him. Macabre, comic, and ironic, this incident epitomizes Waugh's entire

Agitated, Angry, Clever, Realist fiction, Religious, Sardonic