A Home at the End of the World

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A Home at the End of the World is a 1990 novel by Michael Cunningham that follows the intertwined lives of two childhood friends and a free-spirited woman as they form an unconventional family and search for love and belonging.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
adaptationReleaseYear 2004
adaptedAs A Home at the End of the World (film) NERFINISHED
author Michael Cunningham NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresMaleFriendship true
exploresNonTraditionalFamily true
filmDirector Michael Mayer NERFINISHED
genre LGBT fiction
domestic fiction
literary fiction
hasLGBTCharacters true
ISBN 978-0-374-52273-2
mainCharacter Bobby NERFINISHED
Clare NERFINISHED
Jonathan NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narrativeStructure multiple narrators
notableCharacterRelationship Bobby and Jonathan are childhood friends
Bobby, Jonathan, and Clare form an unconventional family
originalLanguage English
publicationYear 1990
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED
screenplayBy Michael Cunningham NERFINISHED
setting Cleveland, Ohio NERFINISHED
New York City
upstate New York NERFINISHED
theme AIDS crisis
chosen family
family
friendship
grief
love
sexual identity
timePeriod 1970s
1980s
early 1990s

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Michael Cunningham hasWrittenWork A Home at the End of the World
Michael Cunningham notableWork A Home at the End of the World
Peter Spears notableWork A Home at the End of the World
Peter Spears producerOf A Home at the End of the World