Bluebeard

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Bluebeard is a postmodern novel by Kurt Vonnegut that satirically explores art, war, and human folly through the memoirs of a reclusive abstract expressionist painter.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Kurt Vonnegut ⓘ
containsMotif hidden masterpiece ⓘ
secret room ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coversEvent World War II ⓘ
explores the commercialization of art ⓘ
the trauma of war veterans ⓘ
followedBy Hocus Pocus ⓘ
genre metafiction ⓘ
postmodern literature ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ
hasCharacter Circe Berman ⓘ
Rabo Karabekian ⓘ
hasISBN 0-385-29448-5 ⓘ
hasTheme postwar American culture ⓘ
satire of modern art ⓘ
the meaning of war ⓘ
the nature of art ⓘ
the role of the artist in society ⓘ
the unreliability of memory ⓘ
the value of human life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryDevice irony ⓘ
metafictional commentary ⓘ
satire ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Rabo Karabekian ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeForm fictional memoir ⓘ
first-person narrative ⓘ
pageCount 300 (approximate) ⓘ
partOf Kurt Vonnegut bibliography ⓘ
precededBy Galápagos ⓘ
protagonistBackground Armenian-American ⓘ
protagonistName Rabo Karabekian ⓘ
protagonistOccupation abstract expressionist painter ⓘ
publicationYear 1987 ⓘ
publisher Delacorte Press ⓘ
setting United States ⓘ
structure framed as a memoir ⓘ
subject Abstract Expressionism ⓘ
art ⓘ
human folly ⓘ
war ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 20th century ⓘ
titleCharacterReference Bluebeard (folktale) ⓘ
linked to: Bluebeard

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