Stern
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Stern is a darkly comic novel by Bruce Jay Friedman that follows the anxieties and misadventures of a neurotic Jewish man grappling with suburban life and identity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stern canonical | 2 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Bruce Jay Friedman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
cultural and religious identity
ⓘ
neurosis and insecurity ⓘ tensions of middle-class suburban existence ⓘ |
| focusesOn | misadventures of a suburban Jewish man ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ |
| hasHumorStyle |
absurdity
ⓘ
irony ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Jewish-American experience
ⓘ
marriage and family life ⓘ prejudice and subtle antisemitism ⓘ social anxiety ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Stern ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person perspective ⓘ |
| narrativeTone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | 20th century ⓘ |
| protagonistIdentity | neurotic Jewish man ⓘ |
| setting | American suburbia ⓘ |
| theme |
Jewish identity
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alienation ⓘ anxiety ⓘ assimilation ⓘ suburban life ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.