novel "La casa in collina"
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"La casa in collina" is a postwar Italian novel by Cesare Pavese that explores existential anxiety, guilt, and moral responsibility against the backdrop of World War II and the Resistance in the hills around Turin.
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| novel "La casa in collina" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: novel "La casa in collina" Context triple: [Cesare Pavese, hasPart, novel "La casa in collina"]
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Casa sobre el Arroyo
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B.
The House on Telegraph Hill
The House on Telegraph Hill is a 1951 film noir thriller set in San Francisco, centered on identity, inheritance, and suspenseful psychological drama.
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C.
Della famiglia
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D.
La tía Julia y el escribidor
La tía Julia y el escribidor is a semi-autobiographical novel by Mario Vargas Llosa that humorously explores love, storytelling, and the blurring of fiction and reality in mid-20th-century Lima.
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E.
The Godfather (novel)
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- 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: novel "La casa in collina" Target entity description: "La casa in collina" is a postwar Italian novel by Cesare Pavese that explores existential anxiety, guilt, and moral responsibility against the backdrop of World War II and the Resistance in the hills around Turin.
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A.
Casa sobre el Arroyo
Casa sobre el Arroyo is a landmark modernist house in Mar del Plata, Argentina, celebrated for its innovative elevated concrete design spanning a stream.
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B.
The House on Telegraph Hill
The House on Telegraph Hill is a 1951 film noir thriller set in San Francisco, centered on identity, inheritance, and suspenseful psychological drama.
-
C.
Della famiglia
Della famiglia is a 15th-century treatise by Leon Battista Alberti that explores family life, ethics, and the management of household and wealth in Renaissance society.
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D.
La tía Julia y el escribidor
La tía Julia y el escribidor is a semi-autobiographical novel by Mario Vargas Llosa that humorously explores love, storytelling, and the blurring of fiction and reality in mid-20th-century Lima.
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E.
The Godfather (novel)
The Godfather is a 1969 crime novel by Mario Puzo that chronicles the powerful and violent world of the Corleone mafia family in mid-20th-century America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Cesare Pavese ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
engagement versus withdrawal
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individual conscience versus historical events ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
distance from conflict
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hills as refuge ⓘ return to the city ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
existential novel
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postwar novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| hasMainSettingType |
rural hills
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urban city ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion | responsibility of the individual in times of war ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | La casa in collina ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Italian Resistance
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World War II ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Neorealism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work of Italian postwar fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
introspective
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realist ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Corrado ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Italy ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | teacher ⓘ |
| publisher |
Einaudi
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linked to:
Giulio Einaudi Editore
|
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Dialoghi con Leucò
ⓘ
Il compagno ⓘ La luna e i falò ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Turin
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hills around Turin ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
cowardice
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existential anxiety ⓘ guilt ⓘ loneliness ⓘ memory ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ political disengagement ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ violence of war ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | final years of World War II in Italy ⓘ |
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Subject: novel "La casa in collina" Description of subject: "La casa in collina" is a postwar Italian novel by Cesare Pavese that explores existential anxiety, guilt, and moral responsibility against the backdrop of World War II and the Resistance in the hills around Turin.
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