The American literary period of postmodernism is extremely important to literature today because it is the period that is currently happening and we have been living in it for almost half a century. This literary period addresses real-life problems and issues and shows how various people react differently to the same situations based on social, economic, and cultural backgrounds and differences (Literary Movements for Students 246). Therefore no single aspect or belief can be true. Neither meaning is correct. John Grisham is an exceptional portrait of an American postmodern author because he manages to include in his many novels a different arrangement of the many facets of our society today. Postmodernism, as the name suggests, is the literary period that comes after the modern period. It is said to have first appeared after World War II, most likely in the 1950s, as a reaction to the modern era of literature. It reached its peak during the 1960s and 1970s with all the social and political unrest in the world (Student Literary Movements 246). The release of Catch 22, by Joseph Heller, and Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, marked the approximate peak of the period (Literary Movements for Students 247). There are no real leaders or organizations of Postmodernism and that is why it is so difficult to tell what its characteristics are, when exactly it started, and when it will end or if it already has. It began as a response to modernism and its ideas, as well as new technological advances (Student Literary Movements 246). Like the literature of the modern period, postmodernism is usually told from an objective or omniscient point of view. It denies the existence of any real and certain principle... middle of paper... literature such as his great works of courtroom drama and suspense as well as his other novels of various kinds which clutter airports and bookstores. He includes such a diverse arrangement of postmodern features in each novel that there is no doubt that it is by a postmodernist. Given that the postmodern period is not limited to specific aspects and characteristics, it is also clear that there is enough diversity in each of his works to definitely be part of the postmodern period. The literary period may be in transition or even over, but John Grisham has made a name for himself as one of the greatest authors of the postmodern period. Works Cited "Postmodernism". Literary Movements for Students: Presenting analysis, context, and criticism of literary movements. Ed. Davide Galen. vol. 2. New York: Gale, 2002. 246-72. Press.