In Evil Hour
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In Evil Hour is a political novel by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays the tensions and moral decay of a small Colombian town on the brink of violence.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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political novel → |
| author |
Gabriel García Márquez
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| countryOfOrigin |
Colombia
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| depicts |
everyday life under looming violence
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impact of rumors on a community → relationship between civilians and authorities → |
| genre |
magic realism-related
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political fiction → social novel → |
| hasAuthorNationality |
Colombian
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| hasCentralConflict |
escalation of violence triggered by anonymous lampoons
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| hasCulturalContext |
Colombian political history
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Latin American rural society → |
| hasFictionalUniverse |
rural Colombia
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| hasIntendedAudience |
adult readers
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| hasLiteraryStyle |
elements of satire
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realist narrative → symbolic representation of political conflict → |
| hasMoralFocus |
consequences of complicity
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erosion of ethical norms under pressure → |
| hasProtagonistCharacteristic |
moral ambiguity of town authorities
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| hasSubject |
authoritarianism
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collective guilt → local politics → social hypocrisy → state of emergency → |
| hasWorkType |
long-form fiction
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| languageCode |
es
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| literaryMovement |
Latin American Boom
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| literaryPeriod |
20th-century literature
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| mainTheme |
abuse of power
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corruption → fear and paranoia → gossip and rumor → moral decay → political violence → social tensions → |
| narrativeForm |
prose
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| originalLanguage |
Spanish
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| partOfAuthorWork |
Gabriel García Márquez bibliography
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| portrays |
approach of violence
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political repression → social fragmentation → tensions in a small town → |
| setting |
small Colombian town
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Macondo
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appearsIn |
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Gabriel García Márquez
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notableWork |