Dance on My Grave
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"Dance on My Grave" is a young adult novel by Aidan Chambers that explores a passionate and tragic gay teenage romance and its emotional aftermath.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | Summer of 85 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Aidan Chambers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| availableAs |
ebook
ⓘ
print book ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
dance as ritual
ⓘ
funeral pact ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtMedium | print ⓘ |
| explores |
emotional aftermath of a lover’s death
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ social attitudes toward homosexuality ⓘ teenage sexuality ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | François Ozon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationLanguage | French ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationTitleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT literature
ⓘ
coming-of-age novel ⓘ romance novel ⓘ young adult fiction ⓘ |
| hasAward |
ALA Best Book for Young Adults
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Horn Book Fanfare selection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| hasLGBTCharacter | yes ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeStructure | nonlinear ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 200–250 pages ⓘ |
| includedIn | LGBT young adult literature canon ⓘ |
| intendedMarket | English-speaking market ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | early positive portrayal of gay teens in YA fiction ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Barry Gorman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hal Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
death
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ gay teenage romance ⓘ grief ⓘ identity ⓘ mourning ⓘ |
| narrationType | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | confessional narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Dance Sequence ⓘ |
| protagonistSexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| publisher | Bodley Head NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| targetAudience | young adults ⓘ |
| toldThrough | police report framework ⓘ |
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