In Watermelon Sugar
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*In Watermelon Sugar* is Richard Brautigan’s 1968 postmodern novella that depicts a surreal, utopian commune called iDEATH through poetic, fragmented prose.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| In Watermelon Sugar canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American literature work
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novella ⓘ postmodern literature work ⓘ |
| author | Richard Brautigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| followedBy | The Abortion: An Historical Romance 1966 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
experimental fiction
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postmodern fiction ⓘ surrealist fiction ⓘ utopian fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | In Watermelon Sugar (stage adaptations) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Beat literature ⓘ |
| laterPublisher | Dell Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Margaret
NERFINISHED
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Pauline NERFINISHED ⓘ inBoil ⓘ unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| motif |
colors
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the sun ⓘ tigers ⓘ watermelon sugar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
fragmented prose
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poetic prose ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cult following
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idiosyncratic, minimalist style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Richard Brautigan bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Trout Fishing in America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1968 ⓘ |
| publisher | Four Seasons Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | iDEATH NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCharacteristic | surreal environment ⓘ |
| settingType | utopian commune ⓘ |
| structure | short, numbered chapters ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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community ⓘ death ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ past versus present ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | unspecified, quasi-post-apocalyptic future ⓘ |
| tone |
detached
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dreamlike ⓘ |
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