Kmart realism, also termed Dirty realism is a form of minimalist literature found in American short fiction. It is defined as "A literary genre characterized by a spare, terse style that features struggling, working-class characters in sterile, bleak environments". These short stories "represent and reproduce the disintegration of public life [and] the colonization of private life by consumer capitalism".
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