The Prince of Tides (novel)

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The Prince of Tides is a bestselling 1986 novel by Pat Conroy that blends Southern family drama and psychological trauma as it follows a former football coach confronting his painful past to help his troubled twin sister.

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instanceOf novel
adaptationYear 1991
adaptedAs The Prince of Tides (film) NERFINISHED
associatedWith American South NERFINISHED
author Pat Conroy NERFINISHED
bestsellerStatus bestselling novel
centralTheme Southern identity
family trauma
healing and redemption
marriage and infidelity
memory and repression
mental illness
violence and abuse
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception generally positive reviews
filmAdaptationDirector Barbra Streisand NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationStars Barbra Streisand NERFINISHED
Nick Nolte NERFINISHED
followedBy Beach Music NERFINISHED
follows Tom Wingo, a former football coach
genre Southern Gothic NERFINISHED
domestic fiction
family saga
psychological fiction
hasTwinCharacters Tom Wingo and Savannah Wingo NERFINISHED
literaryStyle autobiographical elements
lyrical prose
mainCharacter Dr. Susan Lowenstein NERFINISHED
Savannah Wingo NERFINISHED
Tom Wingo NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrationType first-person narration
notableFor depiction of Southern family life
exploration of psychological trauma
originalLanguage English
pageCount approximately 576 pages
plotSummaryElement Tom Wingo collaborates with psychiatrist Susan Lowenstein NERFINISHED
Tom Wingo recounts his troubled childhood in South Carolina
Tom Wingo travels to New York to help his suicidal twin sister Savannah
precededBy The Lords of Discipline NERFINISHED
protagonist Tom Wingo NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1986
publisher Houghton Mifflin NERFINISHED
setIn New York City
South Carolina NERFINISHED
timePeriod mid-20th century
timeStructure nonlinear narrative

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