Title: Laughter among the ruins
Subjects: American Humorous stories, American fiction, Comic, The, in literature, Criticism and interpretation, History and criticism, Postmodernism (Literature), Suffering in literature, Irving, john, 1942-, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, Humorous stories, history and criticism
Places: United States
People: Anne Tyler, Cees Nooteboom (1933-), Iris Murdoch, Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), John Irving (1942-)
Time periods: 20th century