The Lost Father

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The Lost Father is a semi-autobiographical novel by Mona Simpson that follows a young woman’s search for the estranged father she has never known.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
semi-autobiographical novel
author Mona Simpson
centralTheme Abandonment
Coming of age
Family relationships
Identity
Search for an estranged parent
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
follows A young woman’s search for the father she has never known
followsWorkBySameAuthor Anywhere but Here
surface form: Anywhere But Here
genre Fiction
Literary fiction
Semi-autobiographical fiction
hasAudience Adult readers
hasCharacter Estranged father of the protagonist
Members of the protagonist’s extended family
hasMotif Cultural displacement
Intergenerational conflict
Search for family roots
hasSubject Estrangement
Father–daughter relationship
Immigrant family experience
Search for origins
language English
literaryForm Prose
mainCharacter A young woman searching for her estranged father
narrativePerspective First-person narration
narrativeStructure Character-driven narrative
notableFor Exploration of complex family dynamics
Semi-autobiographical elements drawn from Mona Simpson’s life
partOf Mona Simpson’s body of work
publicationYear 1992
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
setting California, United States
surface form: California

Los Angeles
United States of America
surface form: United States
timePeriod Late 20th century

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Mona Simpson notableWork The Lost Father