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
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| exploresMaleFriendship | true ⓘ |
| exploresNonTraditionalFamily | true ⓘ |
| filmDirector | Michael Mayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT fiction
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domestic fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasLGBTCharacters | true ⓘ |
| ISBN | 978-0-374-52273-2 ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bobby
NERFINISHED
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Clare NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonathan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multiple narrators ⓘ |
| notableCharacterRelationship |
Bobby and Jonathan are childhood friends
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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
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New York City ⓘ upstate New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
AIDS crisis
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chosen family ⓘ family ⓘ friendship ⓘ grief ⓘ love ⓘ sexual identity ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ early 1990s ⓘ |
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