Postmodern Fiction

As part of an online book club, I have been reading some postmodern, or perhaps, post-postmodern fiction.  Currently we're reading three stories from the New Yorker's 20 under 40 collection.  They are:

 "The Train of Their Departure" by David Bezmozgnis.  This story becomes part of his novel, The Free World. 

"An Arranged Marriage" by Nell Freudenberger.

"What You Do Out Here, When You're Alone by Philipp Meyer 

The blog is The Anytime Anywhere Book Group.

So, what is postmodern fiction?  There is a discussion in wikipedia.  It began in the post-WWII years, and is characterized by an emphasis on chance and unpredictability, not always having a neatly tied up ending.  The new authors, such as those represented in the 20 under 40 collection, may be the beginning of post-postmodernism.

Our next book is A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan.  This book received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2010.  It is very experimental, with various points of view and styles, including powerpoint slides.

Some other books I am looking at for subsequent months are:
The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters
Girls in White Dresses by Jennifer Close
The Cranes Dance by Meg Howrey
The Homecoming of Samuel Lake by Jenny Wingfield
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker
The Absolutist by John Boyne

We'll see what is eventually chosen.