Bluebeard

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Bluebeard is a postmodern novel by Kurt Vonnegut that satirically explores art, war, and human folly through the memoirs of a reclusive abstract expressionist painter.

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instanceOf novel
author Kurt Vonnegut
containsMotif hidden masterpiece
secret room
countryOfOrigin United States
coversEvent World War II
explores the commercialization of art
the trauma of war veterans
followedBy Hocus Pocus
genre metafiction
postmodern literature
satirical novel
hasCharacter Circe Berman
Rabo Karabekian
hasISBN 0-385-29448-5
hasTheme postwar American culture
satire of modern art
the meaning of war
the nature of art
the role of the artist in society
the unreliability of memory
the value of human life
language English
literaryDevice irony
metafictional commentary
satire
literaryMovement postmodernism
mainCharacter Rabo Karabekian
mediaType print
narrativeForm fictional memoir
first-person narrative
pageCount 300 (approximate)
partOf Kurt Vonnegut bibliography
precededBy Galápagos
protagonistBackground Armenian-American
protagonistName Rabo Karabekian
protagonistOccupation abstract expressionist painter
publicationYear 1987
publisher Delacorte Press
setting United States
structure framed as a memoir
subject Abstract Expressionism
art
human folly
war
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodDepicted 20th century
titleCharacterReference Bluebeard (folktale)
linked to: Bluebeard

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