The Blind Assassin
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The Blind Assassin is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Margaret Atwood that blends family saga, mystery, and metafiction through a story-within-a-story structure.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Booker Prize
ⓘ
Booker Prize ⓘ
surface form:
Booker Prize for Fiction
|
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| genre |
family saga
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ metafiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ |
| hasPart |
fictional novel titled "The Blind Assassin"
ⓘ
science fiction tale about a blind assassin ⓘ |
| isbn | 0-7710-0868-6 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
embedded narrative
ⓘ
multiple timelines ⓘ nonlinear narrative ⓘ unreliable narrator ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alex Thomas
ⓘ
Iris Chase ⓘ Laura Chase ⓘ Richard Griffen ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
frame narrative
ⓘ
story within a story ⓘ |
| notableRecognition | listed among important works of Canadian literature ⓘ |
| pages | 521 ⓘ |
| partOf | Margaret Atwood bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfSetting |
Canada
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2000 ⓘ |
| publisher |
McClelland and Stewart
ⓘ
surface form:
McClelland & Stewart
Nan A. Talese ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
20th century
ⓘ
Great Depression ⓘ World War II era ⓘ interwar period ⓘ |
| theme |
class and power
ⓘ
gender and patriarchy ⓘ guilt ⓘ memory ⓘ political radicalism ⓘ sisterhood ⓘ storytelling and authorship ⓘ |
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