Ghosts
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Ghosts is a metafictional detective novella by Paul Auster that explores identity, authorship, and surveillance through an experimental, minimalist narrative.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
detective fiction
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metafictional work ⓘ novella ⓘ |
| author | Paul Auster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Black
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Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterNamingConvention | colors as names ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresConcept |
boundaries between fiction and reality
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the instability of identity ⓘ the relationship between watcher and watched ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Locked Room NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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metafiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
intertextuality
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minimal description ⓘ repetition ⓘ symbolism of colors ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Blue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metafictionalElement |
detective observes a writer-like figure
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story reflects on its own creation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
experimental
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minimalist ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blurring of detective and author roles
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use of color-coded character names ⓘ |
| pageCountApproximate | about 96 pages ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The New York Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | second book ⓘ |
| precededBy | City of Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| publisher | Sun and Moon Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| structure | single continuous narrative ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
authorship
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identity ⓘ isolation ⓘ observation ⓘ self-reflexivity ⓘ surveillance ⓘ the act of writing ⓘ |
| workIn | American literature ⓘ |
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