Underworld
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Underworld is a critically acclaimed 1997 novel by Don DeLillo that weaves together Cold War history, American pop culture, and personal narratives into a sprawling meditation on memory, waste, and the late-20th-century United States.
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| instanceOf |
novel
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| author |
Don DeLillo
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| awarded |
American Book Award
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticalReception |
critically acclaimed
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| explores |
consumerism
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environmental degradation → mass media → urban life → |
| form |
prose
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| genre |
historical fiction
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literary fiction → postmodern literature → |
| hasCentralMotif |
baseball
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garbage → nuclear weapons → |
| hasISBN |
9780684848150
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| language |
English
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| literaryMovement |
postmodernism
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| mainTheme |
American culture
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history → interconnectedness of lives → memory → nuclear anxiety → waste → |
| mediaType |
print
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| narrativePerspective |
multiple viewpoints
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| narrativeStructure |
nonlinear
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| notableFor |
depiction of Cold War history
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integration of American pop culture → sprawling narrative scope → |
| openingSceneFeature |
1951 Giants–Dodgers baseball game
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| originalLanguage |
English
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| pageCount |
827
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| partOf |
late-20th-century American literature canon
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| placeOfPublication |
New York City
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| publicationYear |
1997
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| publisher |
Scribner
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| recognizedAs |
major work of Don DeLillo
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| setInPeriod |
Cold War
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late 20th century → |
| setting |
United States
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| shortlistedFor |
National Book Award for Fiction
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PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction → |
| timeSpanCovered |
mid-20th century to late 20th century
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| title |
Underworld
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Mao II
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Don DeLillo
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