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Small Country

Faye, Gaël
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contemporary fiction historical fiction past tense third limited POV ~200 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

oppressive traumatic melancholic

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 95
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 10%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 20%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count49,949
Page count~200 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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