The Body Artist

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The Body Artist is a short, introspective novel by Don DeLillo that explores grief, identity, and the fluid nature of time through the isolated life of a performance artist.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
novel
postmodern novel
author Don DeLillo
basedOn The Body Artist
containsMotif body as medium of art
repetition of speech and gesture
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception generally positive reviews
followedBy Cosmopolis
genre experimental fiction
literary fiction
psychological fiction
hasAdaptation Body Art
hasCharacter Lauren Hartke NERFINISHED
Mr. Tuttle
Rey Robles
ISBN 978-0-7432-1177-4
language English
literaryMovement postmodernism
mainCharacter Lauren Hartke NERFINISHED
mediaType hardcover
paperback
print
narrativePerspective third-person limited
narrativeStyle introspective
notableFor exploration of temporal dislocation
minimalist prose style
originalPublicationDate 2001-01-29
pageCount 128
plotElement appearance of a mysterious man called Mr. Tuttle
suicide of Lauren Hartke's husband Rey
precededBy Underworld
protagonistOccupation performance artist
publicationYear 2001
publisher Scribner
publisherImprint Scribner (Simon & Schuster imprint)
setting rural house on the New England coast
structure short novel
theme communication
grief
identity
isolation
memory
mourning
time
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Body Art
basedOn
The Body Artist ("Body Art")
hasAdaptation
Don DeLillo
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