Enigmatic, Erotic, Gritty, Lyrical, Minimal, Paranoid, Repetition, Visceral

Atmospheric, Baroque, Beautiful , Chance, Classic hollywood, Classical, Clever, Composed, Conceptual, Contemplative, Dense, Dissonant, Dreamy, Ethereal, Experimental, Fleeting, Functional, Funny, Geometric, Hi-tech, Hypnotic, Illusive, Improvised, Intense, Intimate, Lush, Lyrical, Melancholy, Minimal, Open-ended, Organic, Paranoid, Playful, Pop, Quiet, Self-reflection, Sensual, Serene, Serial, Sincere, Smart, Sophisticated, Spare, Spectral, Sprawling, Sublime, Subtle, Visceral

Graham Swift seems to have little in common with his literary contemporaries. While most writers these days spatter their novels with pop culture references and play with distortions of time and narrative, Swift sets his books in a nineteenth-century context and tells good old-fashioned stories. He

Contemplative, Death, Dramatic, Paranoid, Tragic

Unfortunately, little is known about the personal life of Thomas Pynchon, the man behind such innovative texts as "The Crying of Lot 49" (1966) and "Gravity's Rainbow" (1973). Carefully guarding his privacy ever since the 1961 publication of his first novel, "V.," Pynchon has nevertheless dazzled cri

Deconstructive, Excessive, Funny, Manic, Open-ended, Paranoid, Post-war literature, Postmodern fiction, Surreal, Trippy