Stop-Time
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Stop-Time is a critically acclaimed memoir by Frank Conroy that vividly recounts his turbulent childhood and coming-of-age with novelistic intensity.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | memoir ⓘ |
| author | Frank Conroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | William Faulkner Foundation Award for notable first novel finalist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedByCriticsAs |
classic of American memoir
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innovative blend of fiction techniques and nonfiction material ⓘ |
| firstEditionPublisher | Viking Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | memoir ⓘ |
| hasForm |
episodic structure
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780140044465 ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance | helped redefine contemporary memoir ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Frank Conroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasReprintPublisher | Penguin Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
childhood
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coming of age ⓘ family relationships ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| hasTargetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
economic insecurity
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effects of divorce ⓘ emotional turbulence ⓘ instability of family life ⓘ psychological development ⓘ search for self ⓘ |
| influenced | later American memoirs ⓘ |
| isAutobiographicalAccountOf | Frank Conroy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern American nonfiction ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
autobiographical
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novelistic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
literary style unusual for memoir at time of publication
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vivid depiction of turbulent childhood ⓘ |
| pageCount | 288 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
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| setting |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| timePeriodCovered |
Conroy's adolescence
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Conroy's childhood ⓘ |
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