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Argues that 'the film adaptations of Carey's fiction seem to pull the work away from the postmodern aesthetic and, as a consequence, away from what Carey was positing through its use. The films offer something more modern or realistic, thereby confusing or altering Carey's themes' (81).
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The Difficulties of Translating Peter Carey's Postmodern Fiction into Popular Film
Subjects:
- Dead End Drive-In 1986 single work film/TV
- Oscar and Lucinda 1988 single work novel
- Crabs 1972 single work short story
- Bliss 1981 single work novel
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