Exit West
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Exit West is a critically acclaimed 2017 novel by Mohsin Hamid that blends magical realism and refugee narratives to explore migration, love, and displacement through mysterious doors that transport people across borders.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Exit West canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1417335 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Exit West Context triple: [Mohsin Hamid, notableWork, Exit West]
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A.
We Were All Uprooted
"We Were All Uprooted" is an atmospheric, synthesizer-driven instrumental track by Vangelis, featured on his 1973 album "Earth."
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B.
A Long Petal of the Sea
A Long Petal of the Sea is a historical novel by Isabel Allende that follows Spanish Civil War refugees exiled to Chile, exploring themes of displacement, love, and political upheaval across decades.
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C.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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D.
White Teeth
White Teeth is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Zadie Smith that explores multicultural London, immigration, and family through the intertwined lives of two wartime friends and their descendants.
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E.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Exit West Target entity description: Exit West is a critically acclaimed 2017 novel by Mohsin Hamid that blends magical realism and refugee narratives to explore migration, love, and displacement through mysterious doors that transport people across borders.
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A.
We Were All Uprooted
"We Were All Uprooted" is an atmospheric, synthesizer-driven instrumental track by Vangelis, featured on his 1973 album "Earth."
-
B.
A Long Petal of the Sea
A Long Petal of the Sea is a historical novel by Isabel Allende that follows Spanish Civil War refugees exiled to Chile, exploring themes of displacement, love, and political upheaval across decades.
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C.
The Lowland
The Lowland is a novel by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores the intertwined lives of two brothers from Calcutta against the backdrop of political upheaval and family tragedy.
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D.
White Teeth
White Teeth is a critically acclaimed debut novel by Zadie Smith that explores multicultural London, immigration, and family through the intertwined lives of two wartime friends and their descendants.
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E.
The Golden House
The Golden House is a lesser-known 19th-century novel by American essayist and humorist Charles Dudley Warner.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | optioned for film adaptation ⓘ |
| author | Mohsin Hamid ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Pakistan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| explores |
impact of migration on intimate relationships
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tension between home and safety ⓘ transnational movement of people ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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magical realism ⓘ novel ⓘ refugee fiction ⓘ speculative fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm |
audiobook
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e-book ⓘ print book ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780735212176 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| listedIn |
Obama’s favorite books of 2017
ⓘ
New York Times Notable Books ⓘ
surface form:
The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017
|
| literaryStyle |
blend of realism and fantasy
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spare prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
belonging
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borders ⓘ displacement ⓘ globalization ⓘ identity ⓘ love ⓘ migration ⓘ refugee experience ⓘ war and conflict ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | magical doors that transport people across borders ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
global, non-specific geopolitical setting
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using doors as a metaphor for migration ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 240 pages ⓘ |
| protagonist |
Nadia
ⓘ
Saeed ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Hamish Hamilton
ⓘ
Riverhead Books ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | contemporary era ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
Mykonos ⓘ San Francisco ⓘ unnamed city in a country on the brink of civil war ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Booker Prize
ⓘ
surface form:
2017 Man Booker Prize
|
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Instruction
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Referenced by (4)
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