Other Voices, Other Rooms

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Southern Gothic novel debut novel novel

Other Voices, Other Rooms is Truman Capote’s 1948 Southern Gothic debut novel, noted for its atmospheric prose and early exploration of queer themes.

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Other Voices, Other Rooms (1995 film)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Southern Gothic novel ⓘ debut novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptationDirector	David Rocksavage ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear	1995 ⓘ
adaptationType	film adaptation ⓘ
author	Truman Capote ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
coverArtFeatures	photograph of Truman Capote reclining ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Idabel Thompkins ⓘ Joel Knox ⓘ Miss Amy ⓘ Mr. Sansom ⓘ Randolph ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	hardcover ⓘ
genre	LGBT literature ⓘ Southern Gothic ⓘ coming-of-age fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Other Voices, Other Rooms self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Other Voices, Other Rooms (1995 film)
hasCriticalReception	controversial for its homosexual subtext at time of publication ⓘ praised for style and atmosphere ⓘ
hasISBN	978-0-679-74561-9 ⓘ
hasLiterarySignificance	considered a landmark of gay literature ⓘ established Truman Capote’s reputation as a major American writer ⓘ
includedIn	20th-century American literature canon ⓘ
influenced	later queer Southern Gothic works ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification	PS3505.A59 O8 ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
literaryMovement	Southern Gothic ⓘ
narrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor	atmospheric prose ⓘ controversial publicity photograph of Truman Capote ⓘ early exploration of queer themes in mainstream American fiction ⓘ
oclcNumber	2337994 ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
placeOfPublication	New York City ⓘ
protagonist	Joel Knox ⓘ
publicationYear	1948 ⓘ
publisher	Random House ⓘ
settingLocation	rural Alabama ⓘ
targetAudience	adult ⓘ
theme	Southern decay ⓘ family and belonging ⓘ isolation ⓘ otherness ⓘ queer identity ⓘ sexual awakening ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	20th century American South ⓘ

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