Claire of the Sea Light
E516099
Claire of the Sea Light is a lyrical novel by Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat that interweaves the lives of residents in a Haitian seaside town through the story of a young girl who mysteriously disappears.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Claire of the Sea Light canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5366975 — 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: Claire of the Sea Light Context triple: [Edwidge Danticat, notableWork, Claire of the Sea Light]
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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.
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea is a traditional Marian title that invokes the Virgin Mary as a guiding and protective figure for Christians, especially sailors and travelers.
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C.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans is a romantic period drama film based on M.L. Stedman’s novel, following a lighthouse keeper and his wife whose morally fraught decision to raise a foundling child has devastating consequences.
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D.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones is a National Book Award–winning novel by Jesmyn Ward that follows a poor Black family in rural Mississippi in the days leading up to and following Hurricane Katrina.
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E.
The Optimist’s Daughter
The Optimist’s Daughter is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Eudora Welty that explores memory, family tensions, and Southern identity through a woman’s return home after her father’s death.
- 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: Claire of the Sea Light Target entity description: Claire of the Sea Light is a lyrical novel by Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat that interweaves the lives of residents in a Haitian seaside town through the story of a young girl who mysteriously disappears.
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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.
Star of the Sea
Star of the Sea is a traditional Marian title that invokes the Virgin Mary as a guiding and protective figure for Christians, especially sailors and travelers.
-
C.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans is a romantic period drama film based on M.L. Stedman’s novel, following a lighthouse keeper and his wife whose morally fraught decision to raise a foundling child has devastating consequences.
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D.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones is a National Book Award–winning novel by Jesmyn Ward that follows a poor Black family in rural Mississippi in the days leading up to and following Hurricane Katrina.
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E.
The Optimist’s Daughter
The Optimist’s Daughter is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Eudora Welty that explores memory, family tensions, and Southern identity through a woman’s return home after her father’s death.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Edwidge Danticat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Haitian-American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | Alfred A. Knopf design department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| genre |
Caribbean literature
ⓘ
contemporary fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Bernard Dorien
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gaëlle Lavaud NERFINISHED ⓘ Madame Gaëlle Lavaud NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Junior Ardin NERFINISHED ⓘ Max Senior Ardin NERFINISHED ⓘ Nozias Faustin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Haitian society
ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ natural disasters ⓘ political instability ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
lyrical prose
ⓘ
nonlinear narrative ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Claire Limyè Lanmè Faustin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | third-person narration ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | interwoven stories ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of interconnected lives
ⓘ
portrayal of a Haitian seaside community ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 256 ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| plotSummary | The novel centers on the disappearance of a young girl, Claire Limyè Lanmè Faustin, and reveals the interconnected lives of residents in the Haitian town of Ville Rose. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Claire Limyè Lanmè Faustin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2013 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting |
Haiti
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
seaside town of Ville Rose NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
class divisions
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community ⓘ loss ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ migration ⓘ parenthood ⓘ responsibility ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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Subject: Claire of the Sea Light Description of subject: Claire of the Sea Light is a lyrical novel by Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat that interweaves the lives of residents in a Haitian seaside town through the story of a young girl who mysteriously disappears.
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