L’Automne à Pékin
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L’Automne à Pékin is a surreal, satirical novel by French writer Boris Vian that blends absurdist humor with philosophical reflection in a desert-railway setting.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ surrealist novel ⓘ |
| author | Boris Vian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| genre |
absurdist fiction
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satire ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | post-war French literature ⓘ |
| hasFictionalElement |
illogical railway project
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imaginary desert country ⓘ |
| hasIntendedAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasLanguageStyle |
humorous
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playful ⓘ satirical ⓘ |
| hasMainMedium | print ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeTechnique |
black humor
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nonsense logic ⓘ wordplay ⓘ |
| hasPeriodOfPublication | 20th century ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalAspect |
critique of rationality
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existential questioning ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
absurdity of existence
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bureaucracy ⓘ death ⓘ love ⓘ meaninglessness ⓘ philosophical reflection ⓘ religion ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | L’Automne à Pékin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTone |
ironic
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surreal ⓘ tragicomic ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | absurdism ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| notableFor | blend of absurdist humor and philosophical reflection ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorRepertoire | Boris Vian novels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
desert
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railway construction site ⓘ |
| workOfAuthor | Boris Vian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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