State of Wonder
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State of Wonder is a literary novel by Ann Patchett that follows a pharmacologist’s journey into the Amazon rainforest to investigate a colleague’s mysterious death and a secretive medical research project.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Wonder canonical | 2 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Ann Patchett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Orange Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict | tension between scientific progress and ethical boundaries ⓘ |
| centralLocation | remote research station in the Amazon ⓘ |
| character |
Anders Eckman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Annick Swenson NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Fox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ medical fiction ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | unknown ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780062049803 ⓘ |
| imprint | Harper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
fish-out-of-water trope
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journey narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Marina Singh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of pharmaceutical research in a remote indigenous community
ⓘ
exploration of cross-cultural encounters ⓘ |
| pageCount | 368 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A pharmacologist travels to the Amazon to investigate a colleague’s death and a secretive medical research project. ⓘ |
| precededBy | Run NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistEmployer | Vogel Pharmaceutical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | pharmacologist ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher | HarperCollins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Amazon rainforest
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor | 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism and exploitation
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ethics of medical research ⓘ fertility and reproduction ⓘ grief and loss ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | contemporary early 21st century ⓘ |
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