novel "Fight Club" (1996)

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novel transgressive fiction work

The 1996 novel "Fight Club" is a transgressive work by Chuck Palahniuk that follows an unnamed narrator drawn into an underground fighting cult and anarchic anti-consumerist movement led by the charismatic Tyler Durden.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Fight Club (novel)	6
Fight Club (1996 novel)	1
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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	novel ⓘ transgressive fiction work ⓘ
adaptationType	feature film ⓘ
author	Chuck Palahniuk NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
expandedFrom	short story "Fight Club" NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPublicationForm	short story ⓘ
genre	psychological fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ social criticism ⓘ transgressive fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Fight Club (1999 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasComicAdaptation	Fight Club 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Fight Club 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ
isbn	9780393039764 ⓘ
literaryMovement	postmodern literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	Marla Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyler Durden NERFINISHED ⓘ unnamed narrator ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
motif	explosives ⓘ fighting ⓘ soap ⓘ support groups ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person ⓘ
narrator	unnamed narrator ⓘ
notableQuote	The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club. ⓘ The things you own end up owning you. ⓘ
organizationInStory	Project Mayhem NERFINISHED ⓘ fight club NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	recall coordinator ⓘ
publicationYear	1996 ⓘ
publisher	W. W. Norton & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
screenAdaptationDirector	David Fincher NERFINISHED ⓘ
screenAdaptationWriter	Jim Uhls NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	unnamed American city ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
theme	alienation ⓘ anarchism ⓘ anti-consumerism ⓘ capitalism critique ⓘ consumerism ⓘ identity ⓘ masculinity ⓘ mental illness ⓘ violence ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	late 20th century ⓘ