The Pension Grillparzer
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The Pension Grillparzer is a darkly comic, metafictional short story by John Irving about a family of Central European performers whose lives unravel in a bizarre Viennese boardinghouse.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metafiction
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short story ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author | John Irving NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
absurdity of life
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family dysfunction ⓘ performance and identity ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| embeddedInWork | The World According to Garp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features |
Central European performing family
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boardinghouse ⓘ dreamlike elements ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The World According to Garp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
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metafiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasProtagonist | narrator who is a writer ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
metafictional narration
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story within a story ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFrame | embedded story within a novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| publicationType | short fiction ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | The World According to Garp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Austria
NERFINISHED
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Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
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