the novel the perks of being a wallflower takes place in pittsburgh, pennsylvania.
the novel the perks of being a wallflower takes place in pittsburgh, pennsylvania.
where does the novel the perks of being a wallflower take place?
pittsburgh, pennsylvania
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the perks of being a wallflower is a coming-of-age epistolary novel by american writer stephen chbosky, which was first published on february 1, 1999, by pocket books. set in the early 1990s, the novel follows charlie, an introverted teenager, through his freshman year of high school in a pittsburgh suburb. the novel details charlie’s unconventional style of thinking as he navigates between the worlds of adolescence and adulthood, and attempts to deal with poignant questions spurred by his interactions with both his friends and family.
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in 1994, chbosky was working on a "very different type of book" than "the perks of being a wallflower" when he wrote the line, "i guess that's just one of the perks of being a wallflower." chbosky recalled that he "wrote that line. and stopped. and realized that somewhere in that [sentence] was the kid i was really trying to find." after several years of gestation, chbosky began researching and writing "the perks of being a wallflower", an epistolary novel that follows the intellectual and emotional maturation of a teenager who uses the alias charlie over the course of his first year of high school. the book is semi-autobiographical; chbosky has said that he "relate[s] to charlie[...] but my life in high school was in many ways different."
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