The Plague of Doves
E482595
The Plague of Doves is a critically acclaimed novel by Louise Erdrich that intertwines multiple generations in a North Dakota town haunted by a historical lynching and the enduring legacy of violence and injustice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Plague of Doves canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4955496 — 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: The Plague of Doves Context triple: [Louise Erdrich, notableWork, The Plague of Doves]
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A.
House of the Pigeons
The House of the Pigeons is a distinctive ancient Maya architectural complex at Uxmal, notable for its elaborate roof comb pierced with numerous openings that resemble pigeonholes.
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B.
The Wind and the Dove
"The Wind and the Dove" is a song by Bill Callahan from his critically acclaimed 2009 album *Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle*, known for its introspective lyrics and understated, folk-influenced sound.
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C.
Between Three Plagues
"Between Three Plagues" is a historical novel by Estonian writer Jaan Kross that vividly reconstructs 16th-century Baltic life through the story of scholar and printer Balthasar Russow amid political and religious upheaval.
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D.
Fate of the Animals
Fate of the Animals is an expressionist painting by German artist Franz Marc, known for its vivid depiction of animals amid a chaotic, apocalyptic landscape.
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E.
City of the Beasts
City of the Beasts is a young adult fantasy adventure novel by Isabel Allende that follows a boy’s mystical journey into the Amazon rainforest, blending magical realism with environmental and indigenous themes.
- 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: The Plague of Doves Target entity description: The Plague of Doves is a critically acclaimed novel by Louise Erdrich that intertwines multiple generations in a North Dakota town haunted by a historical lynching and the enduring legacy of violence and injustice.
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A.
House of the Pigeons
The House of the Pigeons is a distinctive ancient Maya architectural complex at Uxmal, notable for its elaborate roof comb pierced with numerous openings that resemble pigeonholes.
-
B.
The Wind and the Dove
"The Wind and the Dove" is a song by Bill Callahan from his critically acclaimed 2009 album *Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle*, known for its introspective lyrics and understated, folk-influenced sound.
-
C.
Between Three Plagues
"Between Three Plagues" is a historical novel by Estonian writer Jaan Kross that vividly reconstructs 16th-century Baltic life through the story of scholar and printer Balthasar Russow amid political and religious upheaval.
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D.
Fate of the Animals
Fate of the Animals is an expressionist painting by German artist Franz Marc, known for its vivid depiction of animals amid a chaotic, apocalyptic landscape.
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E.
City of the Beasts
City of the Beasts is a young adult fantasy adventure novel by Isabel Allende that follows a boy’s mystical journey into the Amazon rainforest, blending magical realism with environmental and indigenous themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Louise Erdrich ⓘ |
| award |
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction
ⓘ
linked to:
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
|
| awardYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| explores |
legacy of frontier violence
ⓘ
mixed-race identity ⓘ religious fanaticism ⓘ tension between reservation and town communities ⓘ |
| featuresEvent | historical lynching of Native American men ⓘ |
| genre |
Native American literature
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Cordelia Lochren
ⓘ
Evelina Harp ⓘ Judge Antone Bazil Coutts ⓘ Marn Wolde ⓘ Mooshum ⓘ |
| hasRelatedWork |
Love Medicine
ⓘ
The Round House ⓘ Tracks ⓘ |
| hasSequel | LaRose ⓘ |
| imprint | Harper ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Native American–white relations
ⓘ
community and identity ⓘ historical injustice ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ memory and storytelling ⓘ racial violence ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple first-person narrators ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | multi-generational ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 320 ⓘ |
| partOf | Louise Erdrich’s North Dakota cycle of novels ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher | HarperCollins ⓘ |
| pulitzerPrizeForFictionStatus | finalist ⓘ |
| pulitzerPrizeForFictionYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| reviewedBy |
Los Angeles Times
ⓘ
The New York Times ⓘ The Washington Post ⓘ
linked to:
Washington Post
|
| settingLocation |
North Dakota
ⓘ
fictional town of Pluto ⓘ |
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Subject: The Plague of Doves Description of subject: The Plague of Doves is a critically acclaimed novel by Louise Erdrich that intertwines multiple generations in a North Dakota town haunted by a historical lynching and the enduring legacy of violence and injustice.
Referenced by (4)
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