Fade (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert Cormier
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Young adult literature
- Subjects: Family or family life, United States or Americans, Teenagers, Murder or homicide, Supernatural, 1930’s, New England, Violence, French Canadians
- Locales: Massachusetts
Fade is possibly the blackest of Cormier's realist young-adult novels, and there is some question whether it is a young-adult work at all. Cormier seems to be aspiring to the popular adult genre (popular with teenagers, as well) presided over by such writers as Stephen King and V. C. Andrews. The sex, the violence, and, more than anything, the tone of this supernatural story raise questions about its appropriateness for the teenage audience.
The summary printed on the publishing information page (a common practice in young-adult novels) only hints at the violence of the...
[The entire page is 932 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
