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Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

Benjamin Alire Sáenz
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contemporary fiction young adult literary fiction past tense first POV ~439 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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lyrical yearning melancholic

A contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Plot-driven and deeply introspective. Contains notable romance, humor, sexual content.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 30
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 40
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 60
intimateepic

Content

Violence 40%
noneextreme
Sexual content 60%
noneexplicit
Humor 70%
seriouscomedic
Romance 95%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count109,678
Page count~439 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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