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    I feel like mid-century American authors had a tremendous knack for capturing mundane everyday life and the fleeting nature of personal opportunity, written in down-to-earth yet beautiful prose. Think of works by Raymond Carver, John Updike, Philip Roth, etc. I haven’t really found these same ideas captured well in contemporary fiction, but I’m sure they must exist. Looking for any and all recommendations, though American writers are preferred.

    P.S. I have read Demon Copperhead – didn’t love it.

    by throwthisaway1068

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    1. I also appreciate the mid-20th American style that you are alluding to. Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections)and Richard Ford (Independence Day) both come to mind as contemporary writers creating work in that space and genre.

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