A Book of Common Prayer
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A Book of Common Prayer is a 1977 novel by Joan Didion that explores political turmoil and personal disintegration through the intersecting lives of two women in a fictional Central American country.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Book of Common Prayer canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| authorStyle |
elliptical narration
ⓘ
spare prose ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
American involvement in foreign politics
ⓘ
exile ⓘ grief ⓘ personal disintegration ⓘ political turmoil ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
novel ⓘ political fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Charlotte Douglas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gerardo Strasser NERFINISHED ⓘ Grace Strasser-Mendana NERFINISHED ⓘ Juan Bautista NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ Marin Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
displacement
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failed communication ⓘ mother–daughter relationships ⓘ political coups ⓘ |
| hasTitle | A Book of Common Prayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Joan Didion bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Charlotte Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
fragmented
ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ |
| narrator | Grace Strasser-Mendana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| publisher | Simon & Schuster ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Democracy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Play It As It Lays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | fictional Central American country of Boca Grande ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Central America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | first-person narration by Grace Strasser-Mendana ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late 20th century ⓘ |
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