Bodily Harm
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"Bodily Harm" is a psychological novel by Margaret Atwood that follows a jaded journalist whose trip to a Caribbean island draws her into political turmoil and forces her to confront violence, vulnerability, and control.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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psychological novel ⓘ |
| author | Margaret Atwood ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Canadian ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| explores |
media and representation of conflict
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personal versus political violence ⓘ political instability in a fictional Caribbean nation ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Handmaid's Tale ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Rennie Wilford ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | jaded journalist protagonist ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780771008139 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
dark humor
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realism ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
scars and bodily injury
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surveillance and threat ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Rennie Wilford ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | psychological interiority of the protagonist ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 300 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Margaret Atwood
ⓘ
surface form:
Margaret Atwood bibliography
|
| precededBy | Life Before Man ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | journalist ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| publisher | McClelland and Stewart ⓘ |
| setting |
Caribbean island
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Toronto ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
body and autonomy
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control ⓘ gender and power ⓘ political turmoil ⓘ power dynamics ⓘ survival ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ vulnerability ⓘ |
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