Old Men In Love
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Old Men In Love is a postmodern novel by Scottish writer Alasdair Gray that blends fiction, autobiography, and literary pastiche through the fragmented manuscripts of an aging author.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ postmodern novel ⓘ |
| author | Alasdair Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsFictionalCommentator | various invented critics ⓘ |
| containsFictionalEditor | Sydney Workman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Alasdair Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | mixed to positive reviews ⓘ |
| describedAs | late work of Alasdair Gray ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | John Tunnock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Ends of Our Tethers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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literary pastiche ⓘ metafiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Alasdair Gray NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | John Tunnock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | rewritten earlier texts by Alasdair Gray ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Scottish history
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aging ⓘ artistic creation ⓘ politics ⓘ self-reflexivity in literature ⓘ sexual desire ⓘ unreliable narration ⓘ |
| isbn10 | 0747583860 ⓘ |
| isbn13 | 9780747583860 ⓘ |
| languageVariant | Scottish English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryTechnique |
frame narrative
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intertextuality ⓘ metafictional commentary ⓘ pastiche ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | fragmented manuscripts ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending fiction and autobiography
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reworking of Gray’s earlier unpublished material ⓘ use of fictional editors and commentators ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pages | 320 ⓘ |
| partOf | Alasdair Gray bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInTimePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Glasgow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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