Earthly Powers
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Earthly Powers is a sprawling, darkly comic novel by Anthony Burgess that follows an aging writer reflecting on his life amid 20th-century political and religious upheavals.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Anthony Burgess NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterRoleOfCarloCampanati | priest who becomes Pope ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
Holocaust
ⓘ
World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ postwar cultural changes ⓘ rise of fascism ⓘ |
| exploresRelationshipBetween |
art and religion
ⓘ
personal morality and institutional power ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Carlo Campanati NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio adaptation ⓘ |
| hasAutobiographicalElements | yes ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Kenneth Toomey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeScope | sprawling ⓘ |
| notableFor | controversial opening sentence ⓘ |
| openingLine | It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me. ⓘ |
| pageCount | over 600 pages ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorPeriod | late career of Anthony Burgess ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | novelist ⓘ |
| protagonistSexuality | homosexual ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hutchinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Europe
NERFINISHED
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Malta NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor | Booker Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | retrospective memoir ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
Catholicism
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art and authorship ⓘ good and evil ⓘ homosexuality ⓘ morality ⓘ politics ⓘ power ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
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