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gptkbp:instanceOf
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novel
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gptkbp:adaptation
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none
not adapted
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gptkbp:artMovement
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none
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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complex dynamics
conflictual
intimate connections
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gptkbp:author
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gptkb:William_H._Gass
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gptkbp:availableFormats
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ebook
hardcover
paperback
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gptkbp:characterDevelopment
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complex
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gptkbp:conflict
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social
internal
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gptkbp:criticalReception
|
mixed reviews
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gptkbp:culturalImpact
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discussed in literary circles
influenced writers
studied in universities
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gptkbp:description
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multi-dimensional
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gptkbp:firstClaim
|
1971
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gptkbp:followedBy
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The Tunnel
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gptkbp:genre
|
fiction
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gptkbp:historicalContext
|
literary movements
cultural shifts
post-war_America
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mercer's Rant
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gptkbp:influencedBy
|
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
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gptkbp:influences
|
postmodern literature
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gptkbp:ISBN
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978-0-15-162500-0
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gptkbp:language
|
English
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gptkbp:mainCharacter
|
gptkb:Mercer
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gptkbp:motif
|
language
isolation
memory
|
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gptkbp:narrativeStyle
|
first-person
stream of consciousness
irony
metafiction
allusion
second-person
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gptkbp:notableQuote
|
"The world is a place of noise."
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gptkbp:pageCount
|
192
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gptkbp:plot
|
non-linear
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gptkbp:publishedIn
|
1971
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gptkbp:publisher
|
gptkb:Harcourt_Brace_Jovanovich
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gptkbp:setting
|
gptkb:United_States
20th century
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gptkbp:style
|
experimental
|
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gptkbp:symbolism
|
the journey
the city
the voice
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gptkbp:theme
|
communication
existentialism
identity
|
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gptkbp:userDemographics
|
varied interpretations
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