Life Is Elsewhere
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Life Is Elsewhere is a novel by Milan Kundera that satirically explores youthful idealism, poetry, and political illusion in a Central European communist context.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Life Is Elsewhere canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life Is Elsewhere Context triple: [Milan Kundera, notableWork, Life Is Elsewhere]
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A.
Una Vida
Una Vida is an ancient Chacoan great house ruin in northwestern New Mexico, notable for its multi-story masonry architecture and significance within the Chaco Culture.
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B.
Il mestiere di vivere
Il mestiere di vivere is the posthumously published diary of Italian writer Cesare Pavese, offering an intimate and often bleak reflection on his inner life, literary ideas, and existential struggles.
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C.
A Better Life
A Better Life is a 2011 drama film about an undocumented Mexican gardener in Los Angeles struggling to provide a better future for his son, directed by Chris Weitz.
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D.
La Vie
La Vie is a 1903 Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso that portrays a somber, symbolic scene reflecting themes of poverty, despair, and existential struggle.
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E.
Mr. Palomar
Mr. Palomar is a contemplative novel by Italo Calvino that follows its introspective protagonist’s precise observations of the world as a way to explore perception, knowledge, and existence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life Is Elsewhere Target entity description: Life Is Elsewhere is a novel by Milan Kundera that satirically explores youthful idealism, poetry, and political illusion in a Central European communist context.
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A.
Una Vida
Una Vida is an ancient Chacoan great house ruin in northwestern New Mexico, notable for its multi-story masonry architecture and significance within the Chaco Culture.
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B.
Il mestiere di vivere
Il mestiere di vivere is the posthumously published diary of Italian writer Cesare Pavese, offering an intimate and often bleak reflection on his inner life, literary ideas, and existential struggles.
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C.
A Better Life
A Better Life is a 2011 drama film about an undocumented Mexican gardener in Los Angeles struggling to provide a better future for his son, directed by Chris Weitz.
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D.
La Vie
La Vie is a 1903 Blue Period painting by Pablo Picasso that portrays a somber, symbolic scene reflecting themes of poverty, despair, and existential struggle.
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E.
Mr. Palomar
Mr. Palomar is a contemplative novel by Italo Calvino that follows its introspective protagonist’s precise observations of the world as a way to explore perception, knowledge, and existence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Milan Kundera ⓘ |
| awardCountry | France ⓘ |
| awarded |
Prix Médicis étranger
ⓘ
linked to:
Prix Médicis
|
| awardYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| contains |
essayistic digressions
ⓘ
lyrical passages ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| EnglishTranslationTitle | Life Is Elsewhere ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1973 ⓘ |
| genre |
bildungsroman
ⓘ
political novel ⓘ satirical novel ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
mother’s ambition
ⓘ
poet as political tool ⓘ surveillance and denunciation ⓘ |
| ISBN_EnglishPaperback | 9780140181111 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jaromil ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
poetry
ⓘ
political illusion ⓘ youthful idealism ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | nonlinear ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
ironic
ⓘ
omniscient narrator ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of communist ideology
ⓘ
satire of revolutionary romanticism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Czech ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Život je jinde ⓘ |
| partOf |
Milan Kundera bibliography
ⓘ
linked to:
Milan Kundera
|
| politicalContext |
Stalinist era
ⓘ
communism ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | poet ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting | Central Europe ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal
ⓘ
cult of the poet ⓘ ideological fanaticism ⓘ mother–son relationship ⓘ naivety of youth ⓘ relationship between art and politics ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfFiction | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| translatorToEnglish | Peter Kussi ⓘ |
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