The Portable Postmodernist

The author of several comic academic mystery novels, Berger (broadcast and electronic communication arts, San Francisco State U.) compares postmodernism to a piece of wet soap, and helps readers acquire a better idea of what it is by assembling fragments into a literary version of a collage, and commenting on the selections. He considers such questions as what modernism and postmodernism are, the impact of postmodernism on lives and societies, its most interesting ideas, and issues it raises. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR