Diary of a Bad Year
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Diary of a Bad Year is a formally experimental novel by J. M. Coetzee that blends political essays, personal reflections, and fragmented narratives to explore aging, ethics, and contemporary society.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Diary of a Bad Year canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
experimental novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | J. M. Coetzee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationalityAtPublication | Australian ⓘ |
| authorOriginalNationality | South African ⓘ |
| contains |
fictional narrative sections
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personal reflections ⓘ political essays ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Australia ⓘ |
| explores |
intersection of public ideas and private life
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limits of political discourse ⓘ relationship between writer and typist ⓘ vulnerability in old age ⓘ |
| features |
essayistic commentary
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fragmented narrative ⓘ typographical experimentation ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| follows | Slow Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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metafiction ⓘ political fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-1-920885-60-1 ⓘ |
| hasMetafictionalElements | true ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
aging
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authorship ⓘ contemporary society ⓘ ethics ⓘ intellectual responsibility ⓘ politics ⓘ power relations ⓘ sexual attraction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alan
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Anya NERFINISHED ⓘ Señor C NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | multiple first-person narrators ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure |
parallel narratives
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split-page layout ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending fiction and non-fiction modes
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innovative page layout separating essays and narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| protagonistDescription | aging South African writer living in Australia ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Harvill Secker
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Text Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ Viking Penguin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 21st century ⓘ |
| setting | Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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