The Dew Breaker
E516097
The Dew Breaker is a novel by Edwidge Danticat that interweaves the stories of Haitian immigrants whose lives are haunted by the violent legacy of a former torturer from Duvalier-era Haiti.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Dew Breaker canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5366973 — 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 Dew Breaker Context triple: [Edwidge Danticat, notableWork, The Dew Breaker]
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A.
The Enduring Chill
"The Enduring Chill" is a short story by Flannery O’Connor that follows a disillusioned intellectual’s return to his rural Southern home, where illness and spiritual crisis force him to confront his pride and beliefs.
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B.
The Midnight Alarm
The Midnight Alarm is a lesser-known painting by American Regionalist artist Grant Wood, reflecting his characteristic attention to rural Midwestern life and narrative detail.
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C.
The Hothouse
The Hothouse is a darkly comic stage play by Harold Pinter that satirizes bureaucratic power and institutional cruelty within a mysterious government-run facility.
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D.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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E.
The Cold and the Dark
The Cold and the Dark is a 1984 scientific assessment of the potential global climatic and environmental consequences of nuclear war, co-authored by Carl Sagan and colleagues.
- 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 Dew Breaker Target entity description: The Dew Breaker is a novel by Edwidge Danticat that interweaves the stories of Haitian immigrants whose lives are haunted by the violent legacy of a former torturer from Duvalier-era Haiti.
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A.
The Enduring Chill
"The Enduring Chill" is a short story by Flannery O’Connor that follows a disillusioned intellectual’s return to his rural Southern home, where illness and spiritual crisis force him to confront his pride and beliefs.
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B.
The Midnight Alarm
The Midnight Alarm is a lesser-known painting by American Regionalist artist Grant Wood, reflecting his characteristic attention to rural Midwestern life and narrative detail.
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C.
The Hothouse
The Hothouse is a darkly comic stage play by Harold Pinter that satirizes bureaucratic power and institutional cruelty within a mysterious government-run facility.
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D.
The Blow
The Blow is an American indie pop band known for its minimalist electronic sound and introspective, narrative-driven lyrics.
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E.
The Cold and the Dark
The Cold and the Dark is a 1984 scientific assessment of the potential global climatic and environmental consequences of nuclear war, co-authored by Carl Sagan and colleagues.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Edwidge Danticat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
immigrant experience in the United States
ⓘ
impact of dictatorship on individuals ⓘ intergenerational trauma ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
ⓘ
linked stories ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ short story cycle ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Edwidge Danticat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Haitian-American ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Haitian immigrant community
ⓘ
former torturer ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
hardcover
ⓘ
paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasTitleLanguage | English ⓘ |
| languageStyle | lyrical prose ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
exile
ⓘ
family secrets ⓘ guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ legacy of violence ⓘ redemption ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Duvalier regime
ⓘ
Haitian immigrants ⓘ dictatorship in Haiti ⓘ memory ⓘ political violence ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interlinked stories ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | multiple perspectives ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Haitian diaspora literature ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Breath, Eyes, Memory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Krik? Krak! NERFINISHED ⓘ The Farming of Bones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Haiti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| structure |
fragmented narrative
ⓘ
nonlinear ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Duvalier-era Haiti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Dew Breaker Description of subject: The Dew Breaker is a novel by Edwidge Danticat that interweaves the stories of Haitian immigrants whose lives are haunted by the violent legacy of a former torturer from Duvalier-era Haiti.
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