Push

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"Push" is a 1996 novel by Sapphire that follows the harrowing yet hopeful coming-of-age story of an abused, illiterate Harlem teenager who begins to transform her life through alternative education and self-expression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
adaptedAs Precious
linked to: film "Precious"
author Sapphire
awarded Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlisted: no)
linked to: Booker Prize
countryOfOrigin United States
filmAdaptationDirector Lee Daniels
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2009
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Geoffrey S. Fletcher
filmAdaptationStars Gabourey Sidibe
Mariah Carey
Mo'Nique
Paula Patton
filmAdaptationTitle Precious
linked to: film "Precious"
genre African-American literature
coming-of-age novel
novel
realist fiction
urban fiction
literaryPeriod contemporary literature
mainCharacter Claireece Precious Jones
narrativeForm diary-like
narrativePerspective first-person
narrativeTechnique vernacular language
notableFor portrayal of an abused, illiterate Harlem teenager
use of nonstandard English and evolving literacy in narration
originalLanguage English
protagonistAgeRange teenager
protagonistEthnicity African-American
protagonistGender female
protagonistName Precious
linked to: film "Precious"
publicationDate 1996
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
setInLocation Harlem
New York City
settingTimePeriod 1980s
subjectMatter alternative education
literacy
sexual abuse
welfare system
theme abuse
education
illiteracy
incest
poverty
resilience
self-expression
trauma and recovery

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