Beyond Black
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Beyond Black is a darkly comic and psychologically rich novel by Hilary Mantel that follows a professional medium navigating trauma, ghosts, and the bleak absurdities of contemporary English suburbia.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Hilary Mantel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
commodification of the supernatural
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impact of past on present ⓘ relationship between living and dead ⓘ |
| featuresGhosts | true ⓘ |
| focusesOn | a professional medium navigating trauma and ghosts ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
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dark comedy ⓘ novel ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasFemaleProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
childhood trauma
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mediumship ⓘ spiritualism ⓘ suburban life ⓘ working-class England ⓘ |
| hasSupernaturalElements | true ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | psychologically rich ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Alison Hart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
bleakly humorous
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darkly comic ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | 400 ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | professional medium ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | Fourth Estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
English suburbia
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contemporary England ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Man Booker Prize longlist
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Orange Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
English suburbia
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abuse ⓘ afterlife ⓘ haunting ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ psychological damage ⓘ supernatural ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
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