The Blind Assassin

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novel

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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The Blind Assassin canonical 8
The Blind Assassin (2000) 1
The Blind Assassin (fictional novel within the novel) 1

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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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Laura Chase → fictionalUniverse → The Blind Assassin ⓘ
Laura Chase → appearsIn → The Blind Assassin ⓘ
Laura Chase → hasWork → The Blind Assassin ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blind Assassin (novel-within-the-novel)
Alex Thomas → appearsIn → The Blind Assassin ⓘ
Alex Thomas → firstAppearance → The Blind Assassin ⓘ
Richard Griffen → appearsIn → The Blind Assassin ⓘ
Richard Griffen → firstPublishedIn → The Blind Assassin ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blind Assassin (2000)
Iris Chase → appearsIn → The Blind Assassin ⓘ
Iris Chase → narratorOf → The Blind Assassin ⓘ
Iris Chase → associatedWithTextWithinText → The Blind Assassin ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Blind Assassin (fictional novel within the novel)