Black Swan Green
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Black Swan Green is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel by David Mitchell that follows a year in the life of a stammering teenage boy in 1980s rural England.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | David Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| awardRecognition | longlisted for the Man Booker Prize (implied for Mitchell’s works; verify before use) ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Eve Taylor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jason Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Eva van Outryve de Crommelynck NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement | autobiographical elements from David Mitchell’s life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
audiobook
ⓘ
hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0340822784 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780340822784 ⓘ |
| languageVariant | British English ⓘ |
| linkedToOtherWorksBy |
shared characters with Cloud Atlas
ⓘ
shared characters with Ghostwritten ⓘ |
| literaryForm | realist fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jason Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of stammering
ⓘ
portrayal of 1980s British village life ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 2006-04-13 ⓘ |
| pageCount | 294 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Cloud Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistCharacteristic | stammer ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Random House
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sceptre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | rural England ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1980s ⓘ |
| structure | thirteen interlinked chapters ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
ⓘ
bullying ⓘ family relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ speech disorder ⓘ |
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