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Beauty Is a Wound

Eka Kurniawan
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literary fiction magical realism past tense third limited POV ~624 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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grotesque bleak melancholic

A dark literary fiction. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, romance, sexual content.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 40
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 20
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 60
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 80
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 65
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 90
intimateepic

Content

Violence 95%
noneextreme
Sexual content 95%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count155,930
Page count~624 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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