Postcards from the Edge

1987 semi-autobiographical novel by Carrie Fisher
VisualArtwork literary_work Q17146140
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Postcards from the Edge

Summary

Postcards from the Edge is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,959 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Postcards from the Edge authored Carrie Fisher[3].
  • Postcards from the Edge's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Postcards from the Edge was published by Simon & Schuster[5].
  • Postcards from the Edge's genre is autobiographical fiction[6].
  • Postcards from the Edge was followed by The Best Awful There Is[7].
  • Postcards from the Edge's language of work or name is recorded as English[8].
  • Postcards from the Edge's country of origin is recorded as United States[9].
  • Postcards from the Edge was published on 1987[10].
  • Postcards from the Edge's dedicated to is recorded as Debbie Reynolds[11].
  • Postcards from the Edge's dedicated to is recorded as Todd Fisher[12].
  • Postcards from the Edge's narrative location is recorded as Hollywood[13].
  • Postcards from the Edge's title is recorded as Postcards from the Edge[14].
  • Postcards from the Edge's first line is recorded as You know how I always seem to be struggling, even when the situation doesn't call for it?[15].
  • Postcards from the Edge's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1980247', 'amount': '+5'}[16].
  • Postcards from the Edge's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q920285', 'amount': '+1'}[17].
  • Postcards from the Edge's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1771692', 'amount': '+1'}[18].
  • Postcards from the Edge's last line is recorded as I distinctly feel as though I’m missing something. But then, I always have.[19].
  • Postcards from the Edge's derivative work is recorded as Postcards from the Edge[20].
  • Postcards from the Edge's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[21].
  • Postcards from the Edge's form of creative work is recorded as novel[22].
  • Postcards from the Edge's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 813.54[23].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 42fb240b-6f18-45f6-8ee5-6227cf21b857[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Postcards from the Edge authored Carrie Fisher[3]. It was published by Simon & Schuster[5].

Publication

Postcards from the Edge was released on 1987[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[8]. Its genre is autobiographical fiction[6].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Postcards from the Edge was followed by The Best Awful There Is[7].

Why It Matters

Postcards from the Edge ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,959 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Postcards from the Edge. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Postcards from the Edge. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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