In Watermelon Sugar
This is a post-apocalyptic tale for lovers of the poetic and surreal. The unnamed narrator lives in iDeath, a commune of sorts, still recovering from the time of the tigers. (In which the narrator was orphaned.)It's filled with lovely lyrical passages, snatches of humor, and a sadness that is guaranteed to, if not haunt you, at least stick with you for a while.
 - Richard Brautigan)