A Fool's Alphabet

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A Fool's Alphabet is a novel by Sebastian Faulks that tells the story of a photographer’s life through 26 alphabetically ordered, non-chronological chapters set in different locations.

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A Fool’s Alphabet 3
A Fool's Alphabet canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel ⓘ
alphabetDevice chapters correspond to letters A to Z ⓘ
author Sebastian Faulks ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtist Hutchinson design department ⓘ
explores effects of childhood on adult life ⓘ
impact of war on individuals ⓘ
followedBy Birdsong ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
hasCentralRelationship Pietro and his lovers ⓘ
linked to: Pietro

Pietro and his parents ⓘ
hasISBN 0091773730 ⓘ
hasNarrativeDevice episodic vignettes ⓘ
place-based chapter titles ⓘ
hasPageCount 256 ⓘ
hasProtagonist Pietro Russell ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th-century literature ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation photographer ⓘ
mediaType hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
print ⓘ
narrativeForm novel ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narrative ⓘ
partOfAuthorBibliography works by Sebastian Faulks ⓘ
precededBy A Trick of the Light ⓘ
publicationYear 1992 ⓘ
publisher Hutchinson ⓘ
publisherImprint Hutchinson (Random House imprint) ⓘ
linked to: Random House
setting England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United States ⓘ
various European locations ⓘ
settingPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
mid-20th century ⓘ
settingType multiple locations ⓘ
structure 26 chapters ⓘ
alphabetically ordered chapters ⓘ
non-chronological narrative ⓘ
theme family relationships ⓘ
identity ⓘ
loss ⓘ
love ⓘ
memory ⓘ
war ⓘ
timeStructure non-linear timeline ⓘ

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The Girl at the Lion d'Or → followsInSeries → A Fool's Alphabet ⓘ
Pietro Russell → fictionalUniverse → A Fool’s Alphabet ⓘ
linked to: A Fool's Alphabet
Pietro Russell → appearsIn → A Fool’s Alphabet ⓘ
linked to: A Fool's Alphabet
Pietro Russell → centralCharacterOf → A Fool’s Alphabet ⓘ
linked to: A Fool's Alphabet