Fugue for a Darkening Island
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Fugue for a Darkening Island is a dystopian science fiction novel by Christopher Priest that explores social collapse, civil conflict, and xenophobia in a near-future Britain overwhelmed by refugees.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Fugue for a Darkening Island canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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science fiction novel ⓘ |
| author | Christopher Priest NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
The Camp of the Saints
NERFINISHED
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The War of the Worlds NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Colin Andrews NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | controversial for its treatment of race and refugees ⓘ |
| depicts |
ethnic tensions
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guerrilla warfare in Britain ⓘ internment camps ⓘ |
| explores |
breakdown of social order
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impact of mass immigration on society ⓘ moral ambiguity in civil war ⓘ rise of authoritarian responses to crisis ⓘ |
| genre |
dystopian fiction
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political fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
David
NERFINISHED
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Isobel Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780575015210 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
family disintegration
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island as besieged space ⓘ political radicalization ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 190 pages ⓘ |
| hasReissue | Fugue for a Darkening Island (2011 Gollancz SF Masterworks edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRevisedEdition | Fugue for a Darkening Island (revised edition) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Wave science fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
civil conflict
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refugee crisis ⓘ social collapse ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor | early exploration of refugee-driven civil conflict in Britain ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| protagonist | Alan Whitman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1972 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
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near-future Britain ⓘ |
| structure |
fragmented chronology
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non-linear narrative ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | near future ⓘ |
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