novel "Fight Club" (1996)

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The 1996 novel "Fight Club" is a transgressive work by Chuck Palahniuk that follows an unnamed narrator drawn into an underground fighting cult and anarchic anti-consumerist movement led by the charismatic Tyler Durden.

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Label Occurrences
Fight Club (novel) 8
Fight Club (1996 novel) 1
novel "Fight Club" (1996) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
transgressive fiction work ⓘ
adaptationType feature film ⓘ
author Chuck Palahniuk ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
expandedFrom short story "Fight Club" ⓘ
firstPublicationForm short story ⓘ
genre psychological fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
transgressive fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Fight Club (1999 film) ⓘ
linked to: film "Fight Club"
hasComicAdaptation Fight Club 2 ⓘ
Fight Club 3 ⓘ
isbn 9780393039764 ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodern literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Marla Singer ⓘ
Tyler Durden ⓘ
unnamed narrator ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
motif explosives ⓘ
fighting ⓘ
soap ⓘ
support groups ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator unnamed narrator ⓘ
notableQuote The first rule about fight club is you don't talk about fight club. ⓘ
The things you own end up owning you. ⓘ
organizationInStory Project Mayhem ⓘ
fight club ⓘ
linked to: Fight Club
originalLanguage English ⓘ
protagonistOccupation recall coordinator ⓘ
publicationYear 1996 ⓘ
publisher W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ
screenAdaptationDirector David Fincher ⓘ
screenAdaptationWriter Jim Uhls ⓘ
setting unnamed American city ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
anarchism ⓘ
anti-consumerism ⓘ
capitalism critique ⓘ
consumerism ⓘ
identity ⓘ
masculinity ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
violence ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ross Grayson Bell → basedOnWorkProduced → Fight Club (novel) ⓘ
linked to: novel "Fight Club" (1996)
The Narrator → appearsIn → Fight Club (novel) ⓘ
linked to: novel "Fight Club" (1996)
The Narrator → basedOnWork → Fight Club (novel) ⓘ
linked to: novel "Fight Club" (1996)
Tyler Durden → introducedIn → novel "Fight Club" (1996) ⓘ
Jim Uhls → adaptedNovel → Fight Club (novel) ⓘ
linked to: novel "Fight Club" (1996)
Jim Uhls → screenplayBasedOn → Fight Club (novel) ⓘ
linked to: novel "Fight Club" (1996)
Marla Singer → appearsIn → Fight Club (novel) ⓘ
linked to: novel "Fight Club" (1996)
Marla Singer → firstAppearance → Fight Club (1996 novel) ⓘ
linked to: novel "Fight Club" (1996)
Project Mayhem → appearsIn → Fight Club (novel) ⓘ
linked to: novel "Fight Club" (1996)
Fight Club → basedOn → Fight Club (novel) ⓘ
subject linked to: film "Fight Club"
linked to: novel "Fight Club" (1996)
Fight Club → expandedFrom → short story "Fight Club" ⓘ
subject linked to: novel "Fight Club" (1996)
linked to: novel "Fight Club" (1996)