Pincher Martin
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Pincher Martin is a psychological novel by William Golding that follows a shipwrecked naval officer’s harrowing struggle for survival and sanity on a desolate rock in the Atlantic.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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psychological novel ⓘ |
| adaptedTo | radio drama ⓘ |
| author | William Golding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
guilt
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isolation ⓘ sanity and madness ⓘ self-deception ⓘ struggle for survival ⓘ the fear of death ⓘ the nature of reality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophical fiction
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psychological fiction ⓘ survival fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitle | Pincher Martin: The Two Deaths of Christopher Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | Christopher Hadley Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
acclaimed for psychological depth
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noted for existential themes ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780571086110 ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryDevice |
interior monologue
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irony ⓘ stream of consciousness ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
hallucination
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memory and flashback ⓘ rock ⓘ sea ⓘ survival against nature ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 208 ⓘ |
| hasTwistEnding | true ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar British literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | naval officer ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intense psychological focus on a single character
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minimalist setting ⓘ unreliable perception of reality ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonist | Christopher Hadley Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1956 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Free Fall
NERFINISHED
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Lord of the Flies NERFINISHED ⓘ The Inheritors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Atlantic Ocean
NERFINISHED
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desolate rock in the Atlantic ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPlot | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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