Specimen Days
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Specimen Days is a genre-blending novel by Michael Cunningham that interweaves three thematically linked stories across different time periods, all inspired by the life and writings of Walt Whitman.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
genre-blending novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Michael Cunningham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Michael Cunningham received the 2005 PEN Center USA Award for Fiction for "Specimen Days" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
American identity
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family and loss ⓘ immigration ⓘ industrialization ⓘ influence of Walt Whitman ⓘ technology and posthumanism ⓘ terrorism ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | By Nightfall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
child visionary
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female immigrant ⓘ male authority figure ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-374-29963-9 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
alien and cyborg bodies
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angels and visions ⓘ machines and mechanization ⓘ repetition of names and images across eras ⓘ terror and security ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Walt Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| marketedAs | novel in three parts ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
interlinked narratives across time
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intertextual quotation of Whitman ⓘ recurrent characters in different incarnations ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 3 ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 336 ⓘ |
| precededBy | The Hours NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTimePeriod |
19th century
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contemporary era ⓘ near future ⓘ |
| structure | triptych of three linked novellas ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | alludes to Walt Whitman’s prose work "Specimen Days" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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