These Foolish Things
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"These Foolish Things" is a novel by Deborah Moggach that follows a group of British retirees who relocate to a retirement hotel in India, exploring themes of aging, culture clash, and second chances.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| These Foolish Things canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | John Madden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| adaptationScreenwriter | Ol Parker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationStars |
Bill Nighy
NERFINISHED
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Dev Patel NERFINISHED ⓘ Judi Dench NERFINISHED ⓘ Maggie Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Tom Wilkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Deborah Moggach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
comic novel
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contemporary literature ⓘ fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (novelization) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isbn | 9780701176260 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
bittersweet tone
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humorous ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aging
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culture clash ⓘ retirement ⓘ second chances ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | group of British retirees ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 320 ⓘ |
| plotElement |
life in a retirement hotel
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relocation to India ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2004 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Bangalore
NERFINISHED
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India NERFINISHED ⓘ retirement hotel ⓘ |
| theme |
cross-cultural understanding
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family relationships ⓘ romance in later life ⓘ search for a new life in old age ⓘ |
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