Joe Trace

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Joe Trace is a middle-aged cosmetics salesman in Harlem whose passionate affair and its violent aftermath drive the intertwined stories of Toni Morrison’s novel "Jazz."


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
protagonist
age middle-aged
appearsIn Jazz NERFINISHED
appearsInGenre novel
countryOfResidence United States NERFINISHED
createdBy Toni Morrison NERFINISHED
drivesPlotOf Jazz NERFINISHED
ethnicity African American NERFINISHED
gender male
hasLover Dorcas NERFINISHED
hasSpouse Violet Trace NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
medium literature
narrativeRole central character in Jazz
occupation cosmetics salesman
publisherOfWorkAppearedIn Alfred A. Knopf NERFINISHED
residence Harlem NERFINISHED
settingOfActivity Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED
themeInvolvement African American urban life
jealousy
love
marital conflict
violence
timePeriod 1920s
yearWorkFirstPublished 1992

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Jazz (novel)
mainCharacter

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