Shame
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"Shame" is a 1983 novel by Salman Rushdie that blends magic realism and political satire to explore themes of power, identity, and violence in a thinly veiled fictional version of Pakistan.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Salman Rushdie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Bill Botten ⓘ |
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
dictatorship
ⓘ
family dynamics ⓘ gender ⓘ honor and shame ⓘ identity ⓘ political corruption ⓘ power ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Satanic Verses ⓘ |
| followsWork | Midnight's Children ⓘ |
| genre |
magic realism
ⓘ
political satire ⓘ postcolonial fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasAward |
Booker Prize
ⓘ
surface form:
Booker Prize shortlist
|
| hasCharacter |
Arjumand Harappa
ⓘ
Bilquis Hyder ⓘ Eskandar ⓘ
surface form:
Iskander Harappa
Omar Khayyam Shakil ⓘ Raza Hyder ⓘ Sufiya Zinobia ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-224-02040-0 ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | around 300 pages ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Pakistan ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | nonlinear ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of magic realism and political allegory
ⓘ
thinly veiled portrayal of Pakistani politics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| precededBy | Midnight's Children ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1983 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| setIn | fictional country of Q ⓘ |
| settingInspiredBy | political history of Pakistan ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-independence era ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
authoritarian rule
ⓘ
clash between tradition and modernity ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
allegory
ⓘ
magic realism ⓘ metafiction ⓘ |
| wasShortlistedFor | Booker Prize ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Salman Rushdie