The Passenger
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The Passenger is a late-career novel by Cormac McCarthy that follows a haunted salvage diver entangled in mystery, guilt, and philosophical inquiry in the aftermath of his sister’s suicide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Passenger canonical | 5 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Cormac McCarthy ⓘ |
| authorWorkPosition | late-career novel of Cormac McCarthy ⓘ |
| character | Alicia Western ⓘ |
| characterRelation | Alicia Western is Bobby Western’s sister ⓘ |
| containsElement |
Cold War-era anxieties
ⓘ
mathematical and scientific references ⓘ philosophical dialogue ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequel | Stella Maris ⓘ |
| isPartOf | The Passenger–Stella Maris duology ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Bobby Western ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | aftermath of a sister’s suicide ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableAspect | published after a long gap since McCarthy’s previous novel ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Road ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | salvage diver ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2022-10-25 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Stella Maris ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
New Orleans
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| settingTime | 1980s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
ethics
ⓘ
government secrecy ⓘ mental illness ⓘ quantum physics ⓘ salvage operation of a downed airplane ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
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grief ⓘ guilt ⓘ memory ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ philosophical inquiry ⓘ suicide ⓘ the nature of reality ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Cormac McCarthy