Marabou Stork Nightmares
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Marabou Stork Nightmares is a dark, experimental novel by Scottish author Irvine Welsh that blends hallucination, trauma, and social commentary through the fragmented narrative of a comatose former football hooligan.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Marabou Stork Nightmares canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
experimental novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Irvine Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsElement |
graphic violence
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metafictional elements ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| countryOfFirstPublication | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| followedBy | Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
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dark fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-224-03776-5 ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
guilt
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rape ⓘ redemption ⓘ urban life in Scotland ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 1990s British fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
experimental
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nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Roy Strang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice |
coma-induced hallucinations
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frame narrative ⓘ shifting perspectives ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fragmented narrative ⓘ |
| pageCount | 320 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Trainspotting NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistCondition | coma ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | former football hooligan ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1995 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Scotland
NERFINISHED
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South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult ⓘ |
| theme |
class conflict
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football hooliganism ⓘ hallucination ⓘ masculinity ⓘ social commentary ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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