Home
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Home is a 2012 novel by Toni Morrison that follows a Korean War veteran’s journey back to his racially segregated hometown in the American South, exploring themes of trauma, memory, and belonging.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Toni Morrison ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| explores |
African-American experience in the mid-20th century
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gender and power dynamics ⓘ psychological effects of war ⓘ |
| firstPublicationFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| followedBy | God Help the Child ⓘ |
| follows | Korean War veteran ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780307594167 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryForm | prose ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Frank Money ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | shifting perspectives ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 160 pages ⓘ |
| partOf | Toni Morrison bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | A Mercy ⓘ |
| protagonist | Frank Money ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingPeriod | post–Korean War era ⓘ |
| settingRegion |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
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| theme |
belonging
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family ⓘ healing ⓘ homecoming ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ racism ⓘ segregation ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison