The Noise of Time
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The Noise of Time is a novel by Julian Barnes that fictionalizes the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich under Stalinist oppression.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Noise of Time canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5077542 — 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 Noise of Time Context triple: [Julian Barnes, notableWork, The Noise of Time]
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A.
The Refusal of Time
The Refusal of Time is a multimedia installation by South African artist William Kentridge that combines film, sculpture, sound, and performance to explore the nature and perception of time.
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B.
Cycles of Time
Cycles of Time is a popular-science book by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that explores his conformal cyclic cosmology theory about the universe undergoing endless successive aeons.
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C.
The Distant Hours
The Distant Hours is a gothic historical novel by Australian author Kate Morton that weaves together family secrets, wartime memories, and a mysterious English castle.
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D.
Till the End of Time
"Till the End of Time" is a song featured on the album *Emotions*.
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E.
The Sundial
"The Sundial" is a darkly comic Gothic novel by Shirley Jackson that explores themes of family dysfunction, apocalyptic prophecy, and claustrophobic isolation within a grand, eerie mansion.
- 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 Noise of Time Target entity description: The Noise of Time is a novel by Julian Barnes that fictionalizes the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich under Stalinist oppression.
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A.
The Refusal of Time
The Refusal of Time is a multimedia installation by South African artist William Kentridge that combines film, sculpture, sound, and performance to explore the nature and perception of time.
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B.
Cycles of Time
Cycles of Time is a popular-science book by mathematical physicist Roger Penrose that explores his conformal cyclic cosmology theory about the universe undergoing endless successive aeons.
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C.
The Distant Hours
The Distant Hours is a gothic historical novel by Australian author Kate Morton that weaves together family secrets, wartime memories, and a mysterious English castle.
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D.
Till the End of Time
"Till the End of Time" is a song featured on the album *Emotions*.
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E.
The Sundial
"The Sundial" is a darkly comic Gothic novel by Shirley Jackson that explores themes of family dysfunction, apocalyptic prophecy, and claustrophobic isolation within a grand, eerie mansion.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Julian Barnes ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| depicts |
Stalinist cultural policy
ⓘ
internal life of Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | hardcover ⓘ |
| focusesOn | relationship between artist and state ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical novel
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Soviet music
ⓘ
censorship ⓘ moral compromise ⓘ surveillance ⓘ |
| literaryAwardLonglisting | Man Booker Prize longlist ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Dmitri Shostakovich ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | fictionalized biography ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Nina Varzar
ⓘ
Soviet officials ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Julian Barnes bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher | Jonathan Cape ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Stalinist era ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| structure | three-part narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
art and power
ⓘ
compromise and integrity ⓘ fear under totalitarianism ⓘ political oppression ⓘ |
| timeSpanCovered | several decades of Shostakovich's life ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | the surrounding noise of political power ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Noise of Time Description of subject: The Noise of Time is a novel by Julian Barnes that fictionalizes the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich under Stalinist oppression.
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