Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant

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novel

Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant is a critically acclaimed 1982 novel by Anne Tyler that explores the complexities and long-lasting tensions within a fractured American family.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Anne Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardNomination National Book Award for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ
centralTheme abandonment ⓘ
effects of divorce ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ
forgiveness ⓘ
memory and perception ⓘ
search for belonging ⓘ
sibling rivalry ⓘ
character Beck Tull NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
followedBy The Accidental Tourist NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre domestic fiction ⓘ
family saga ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
hasMotif family meals ⓘ
homesickness ⓘ
hasSubject fractured American family ⓘ
individual vs. family expectations ⓘ
intergenerational conflict ⓘ
isbn 978-0-394-52199-0 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Cody Tull NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ezra Tull NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jenny Tull NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pearl Tull NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor detailed character studies ⓘ
nonlinear narrative structure ⓘ
openingEvent Pearl Tull’s terminal illness ⓘ
pageCount approximately 300 pages ⓘ
partOfSeries Anne Tyler Baltimore novels ⓘ
precededBy Morgan’s Passing NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1982 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
settingLocation Baltimore, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure multiple viewpoints ⓘ
timeSpanOfStory several decades ⓘ
titleRefersTo a restaurant run by Ezra Tull ⓘ

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