Housekeeping
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Housekeeping is a critically acclaimed 1980 novel by Marilynne Robinson that explores themes of family, loss, and transience in a small Idaho town.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Housekeeping canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Housekeeping (1987 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Marilynne Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| debutWorkOf | Marilynne Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Bill Forsyth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmLeadActor | Christine Lahti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
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domestic fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-374-26152-X ⓘ |
| hasMediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
orphans
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religion ⓘ sisters ⓘ suicide ⓘ trains ⓘ |
| includedInList |
TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005
NERFINISHED
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The Guardian 100 Best Novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Lucille
NERFINISHED
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Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ Sylvie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Ruth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of unconventional family structures
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lyrical prose style ⓘ |
| pageCount | 224 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Fingerbone, Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | small town ⓘ |
| theme |
abandonment
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family ⓘ female identity ⓘ loneliness ⓘ loss ⓘ mental illness ⓘ nonconformity ⓘ transience ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | mid-20th century ⓘ |
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