The Zigzag Way
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The Zigzag Way is a novel by Indian author Anita Desai that follows a young American’s journey to Mexico, exploring themes of history, identity, and cultural displacement.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Zigzag Way canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anita Desai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| coverArtDepicts | Mexican landscape ⓘ |
| explores |
intersections of personal and collective history
ⓘ
legacy of colonialism ⓘ outsider’s view of Mexican culture ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasChapterCount | multiple chapters ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
descendants of European miners
ⓘ
expatriate ⓘ indigenous Mexican characters ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780618329625 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
descriptive
ⓘ
lyrical prose ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
ghosts of the past
ⓘ
journey ⓘ landscape as memory ⓘ |
| hasReception | generally positive critical reviews ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Cornish miners in Mexico
ⓘ
Mexican mining communities ⓘ indigenous culture in Mexico ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | young American man ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 192 ⓘ |
| partOf | Anita Desai bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| publisher | Houghton Mifflin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
belonging
ⓘ
cross-cultural encounter ⓘ cultural displacement ⓘ history ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ migration ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
19th century mining era
ⓘ
contemporary era ⓘ |
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