The Unconsoled

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:none
gptkbp:author gptkb:Kazuo_Ishiguro
gptkbp:awards shortlisted for the Booker Prize
gptkbp:character_development non-linear
gptkbp:character_motivation ambiguous
gptkbp:character_relationships gptkb:complex
gptkbp:critical_reception mixed reviews
gptkbp:cultural_references gptkb:Japanese_culture
British culture
European culture
gptkbp:ended open-ended
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:When_We_Were_Orphans
gptkbp:genre literary fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Unconsoled
gptkbp:influences gptkb:Franz_Kafka
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkbp:inspiration Ishiguro's experiences
gptkbp:isbn 978-0571178680
gptkbp:kazuo_ishiguro's_narrative non-traditional
gptkbp:kazuo_ishiguro's_style introspective
gptkbp:kazuo_ishiguro's_themes gptkb:existentialism
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literary_significance explores human condition
challenges narrative conventions
reflects postmodernism
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Ryder
gptkbp:motif gptkb:performance
gptkb:displacement
failure
gptkbp:narrative third-person
gptkbp:narrative_style surreal
gptkbp:page_count 320
gptkbp:plot dream-like
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:The_Remains_of_the_Day
gptkbp:published gptkb:1995
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Faber_and_Faber
gptkbp:reader_demographic immersive
subjective
challenging
thought-provoking
gptkbp:setting vague
unnamed European city
gptkbp:style lyrical
gptkbp:symbolism gptkb:theater
gptkb:dreams
gptkb:music
gptkbp:themes gptkb:identity
gptkb:memory
alienation
gptkbp:translated_into multiple languages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kazuo_Ishiguro
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4