The Inheritance of Loss
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The Inheritance of Loss is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Kiran Desai that explores themes of globalization, migration, and postcolonial identity through intertwined lives in the Indian Himalayas and New York.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Inheritance of Loss canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5008168 — 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 Inheritance of Loss Context triple: [Kiran Desai, notableWork, The Inheritance of Loss]
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A.
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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B.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance is a critically acclaimed novel by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the intertwined lives of four characters in 1970s India amid political turmoil and social injustice.
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C.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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D.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things is Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize–winning debut novel, a nonlinear family saga set in Kerala that explores forbidden love, caste, and political turmoil.
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E.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
- 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 Inheritance of Loss Target entity description: The Inheritance of Loss is a Booker Prize–winning novel by Kiran Desai that explores themes of globalization, migration, and postcolonial identity through intertwined lives in the Indian Himalayas and New York.
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A.
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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B.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance is a critically acclaimed novel by Rohinton Mistry that portrays the intertwined lives of four characters in 1970s India amid political turmoil and social injustice.
-
C.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
-
D.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things is Arundhati Roy’s Booker Prize–winning debut novel, a nonlinear family saga set in Kerala that explores forbidden love, caste, and political turmoil.
-
E.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Booker Prize–winning work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Kiran Desai ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Hindu Literary Prize (shortlist)
ⓘ
Man Booker Prize ⓘ
linked to:
Booker Prize
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (shortlist) ⓘ
linked to:
National Book Critics Circle Award
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| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| explores |
effects of economic liberalization
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identity conflict between East and West ⓘ immigrant labor in the United States ⓘ linguistic and cultural hybridity ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
postcolonial fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Biju
ⓘ
Cook ⓘ Gyan ⓘ Jemubhai Patel ⓘ Sai ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780802142818 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Indian English literature ⓘ |
| mainSetting |
Indian Himalayas
ⓘ
linked to:
Himalayas
New York City ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | interwoven stories ⓘ |
| protagonist | Sai ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2006 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Grove Press
ⓘ
Penguin Books India ⓘ
linked to:
Penguin Books
|
| setInCountry |
India
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| setInPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| setInRegion |
Kalimpong
ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ |
| theme |
belonging
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class inequality ⓘ colonial legacy ⓘ cultural displacement ⓘ diaspora ⓘ globalization ⓘ loss ⓘ migration ⓘ postcolonial identity ⓘ |
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