A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
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A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing is an experimental, stream-of-consciousness novel by Eimear McBride that explores a young Irish woman's traumatic coming-of-age through fragmented, innovative prose.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
experimental novel
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novel ⓘ stream-of-consciousness novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | stage adaptation ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | theatre ⓘ |
| adaptedBy | Annie Ryan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Eimear McBride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| awarded |
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction
NERFINISHED
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Desmond Elliott Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Goldsmiths Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| dealsWith |
guilt
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poverty ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ shame ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Galley Beggar Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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modernist fiction ⓘ |
| languageStyle |
non-standard syntax
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unpunctuated sentences ⓘ |
| laterPublisher | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | unnamed young Irish woman ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of female interiority
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experimental language ⓘ innovative narrative form ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| proseStyle |
fragmented prose
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innovative prose ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| setting | Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Catholic upbringing
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brother with a brain tumour ⓘ mother–daughter relationship ⓘ |
| theme |
abuse
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coming of age ⓘ family relationships ⓘ mental health ⓘ religion ⓘ sexuality ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
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