They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel)
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1935 novel by Horace McCoy that portrays the desperation and psychological breakdown of Depression-era contestants in a brutal marathon dance competition.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel) canonical | 2 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Sydney Pollack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptationYear | 1969 ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Horace McCoy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent | marathon dance competition ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| genre |
Depression-era fiction
ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| hasTitle | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | hardboiled fiction ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | Depression-era classic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Gloria Beatty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Syverten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrator | Robert Syverten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
economic hardship during the Great Depression
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marathon dance marathons as endurance contests ⓘ psychological toll of prolonged competition ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| publisher | United States publisher (unspecified in prompt) ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Great Depression NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | framed by courtroom scenes ⓘ |
| theme |
desperation
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exploitation ⓘ hopelessness ⓘ poverty ⓘ psychological breakdown ⓘ |
| titlePunctuation | includes question mark ⓘ |
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