Assertion: bellow's novel | /r/Causes | controversy
Facets:
value: on its publication
type: TEMPORAL
value: because of its frank depiction of ravelstein
type: CAUSE
value: because of the revelation
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: On its publication, the novel caused controversy because of its frank depiction of Ravelstein's (and therefore Allan Bloom's) love of gossip, free spending, political influence, and homosexuality, as well as the revelation, as the story unfolds, that he is dying from AIDS.