My Life as a Fake
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My Life as a Fake is a 2003 novel by Australian author Peter Carey that reimagines the Ern Malley literary hoax as a dark, metafictional tale about authorship, identity, and creation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metafiction
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Peter Carey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Australian ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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metafiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Peter Carey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
forgery
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literary fraud ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Ern Malley hoax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
authorship
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creation ⓘ identity ⓘ literary hoax ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark metafictional treatment of authorship
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reimagining the Ern Malley literary hoax ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 21st century ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2003 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Faber and Faber
NERFINISHED
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Knopf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Australia
NERFINISHED
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Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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