The Intuitionist
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The Intuitionist is Colson Whitehead’s debut novel, a genre-blending work of speculative fiction and noir that explores race, technology, and power through the story of a Black elevator inspector in a surreal city.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
noir fiction work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Colson Whitehead NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
bureaucracy
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power ⓘ professional ethics ⓘ race ⓘ technology ⓘ urban politics ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| explores |
institutional racism
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professional guild politics ⓘ technological utopianism and dystopianism ⓘ |
| fictionalConcept |
Empiricist school of elevator inspection
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Intuitionist school of elevator inspection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | John Henry Days NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Afrofuturism
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literary fiction ⓘ noir ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780385493000 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
elevators as symbols of social mobility
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surveillance and inspection ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
noir detective fiction
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speculative urban fiction ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Lila Mae Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
detective fiction elements
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genre-blending ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allegorical treatment of race and modernity
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innovative world-building around elevators ⓘ |
| pageCount | around 255 ⓘ |
| partOf | Colson Whitehead bibliography ⓘ |
| plotElement | elevator accident investigation ⓘ |
| protagonistEthnicity | Black ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | elevator inspector ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1999 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Anchor Books
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Doubleday ⓘ |
| setting | unnamed surreal city ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfPublication | late 20th century ⓘ |
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