Public Library and Other Stories
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Public Library and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that explores the importance of books, libraries, and reading through inventive, interlinked narratives.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Public Library and Other Stories canonical | 10 |
| story "The Library of Shadows" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3043751 — 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: Public Library and Other Stories Context triple: [Ali Smith, notableWork, Public Library and Other Stories]
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A.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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B.
Some Stories
Some Stories is a collection of short works included within Hannah Arendt’s philosophical study The Human Condition.
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C.
Elephant and Other Stories
Elephant and Other Stories is a posthumously published collection of short stories by American minimalist writer Raymond Carver, showcasing his spare style and themes of ordinary lives under quiet strain.
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D.
Three Stories and Ten Poems
Three Stories and Ten Poems is Ernest Hemingway’s first published book, a 1923 collection that introduced his concise, modernist prose style through a small set of short stories and poems.
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E.
Among My Books
"Among My Books" is a collection of literary essays by American poet and critic James Russell Lowell, in which he offers scholarly and reflective studies of major authors and their works.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Public Library and Other Stories Target entity description: Public Library and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that explores the importance of books, libraries, and reading through inventive, interlinked narratives.
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A.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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B.
Some Stories
Some Stories is a collection of short works included within Hannah Arendt’s philosophical study The Human Condition.
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C.
Elephant and Other Stories
Elephant and Other Stories is a posthumously published collection of short stories by American minimalist writer Raymond Carver, showcasing his spare style and themes of ordinary lives under quiet strain.
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D.
Three Stories and Ten Poems
Three Stories and Ten Poems is Ernest Hemingway’s first published book, a 1923 collection that introduced his concise, modernist prose style through a small set of short stories and poems.
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E.
Among My Books
"Among My Books" is a collection of literary essays by American poet and critic James Russell Lowell, in which he offers scholarly and reflective studies of major authors and their works.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Ali Smith ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| features |
interpolated non-fiction fragments
ⓘ
reader testimonies about libraries ⓘ |
| follows | How to Be Both ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ short stories ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasMetafictionalElements | yes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
story "Last
ⓘ
story "The Art of Elsewhere" ⓘ story "The Beholder" ⓘ story "The Definite Article" ⓘ story "The Ex-Wife" ⓘ story "The Human Claim" ⓘ story "The Library of Shadows" ⓘ
linked to:
Public Library and Other Stories
story "The Poet" ⓘ story "The Third Person" ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
author–reader interaction
ⓘ
library closures ⓘ public funding for libraries ⓘ reader–book relationship ⓘ |
| isWrittenBy |
Scottish author Ali Smith
ⓘ
linked to:
Ali Smith
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
access to literature
ⓘ
importance of books ⓘ memory ⓘ public libraries ⓘ reading ⓘ storytelling ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
experimental structure
ⓘ
fragmented narrative ⓘ interlinked stories ⓘ |
| notableFor |
defence of public libraries
ⓘ
innovative narrative form ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ali Smith bibliography
ⓘ
linked to:
Ali Smith
|
| placeOfPublication |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| precedes | Autumn ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hamish Hamilton ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| tone |
playful
ⓘ
politically engaged ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Public Library and Other Stories Description of subject: Public Library and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that explores the importance of books, libraries, and reading through inventive, interlinked narratives.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Public Library and Other Stories
subject linked to:
story "The Human Claim"
subject linked to:
story "The Human Claim"
subject linked to:
story "The Third Person"
subject linked to:
story "The Third Person"
subject linked to:
story "The Beholder"
subject linked to:
story "The Poet"
subject linked to:
story "The Poet"
subject linked to:
story "The Art of Elsewhere"
subject linked to:
story "The Art of Elsewhere"