La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh
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La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh is a poignant short novel by Philippe Claudel that follows an elderly refugee’s tender, language-barrier-defying friendship in a foreign country as he clings to the memory of his lost homeland.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh canonical | 1 |
| Monsieur Linh and His Child | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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short novel ⓘ |
| author | Philippe Claudel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
exile
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friendship ⓘ loneliness ⓘ memory ⓘ refugee experience ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| character |
Monsieur Bark
NERFINISHED
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Monsieur Linh NERFINISHED ⓘ Sang diû NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
cultural displacement
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illusion and reality ⓘ impact of war on civilians ⓘ |
| focusesOnRelationship | Monsieur Linh and Monsieur Bark ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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novella ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 150 ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistOrigin | unnamed Asian country ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
simple prose
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symbolic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Monsieur Bark
NERFINISHED
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Monsieur Linh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableElement |
language barrier between main characters
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twist ending ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | La Petite Fille de Monsieur Linh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorOeuvre | Philippe Claudel bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | Stock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | unnamed Western city ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
Chinese
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Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ German ⓘ Greek ⓘ Italian ⓘ Japanese ⓘ Polish ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ Turkish ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | Monsieur Linh and His Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Monsieur Linh and His Child