As a cluster of ideas and assumptions, contends Dutch critic Timmer, postmodern thinking and writings functions as a background, or cultural setting in many texts of the current generation of
fiction writers, and that against this background a new sense of self is becoming manifest. She closely analyzes David Foster Wallace's 1996 Infinite Jest, Dave Eggers' 2000 A Heartbreaking
Work of Staggering Genius, and Mark Danielewski's 2000 House of Leaves, pointing out how they deal with a perceived lack of decision-making tools, difficulty locating and appropriating
emotions, and the need for connection and society. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
