City of Glass
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City of Glass is a postmodern detective novel by Paul Auster that blends mystery, metafiction, and philosophical inquiry into identity and language.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| City of Glass canonical | 5 |
| City of Glass (graphic novel) | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6828192 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: City of Glass Context triple: [Paul Auster, notableWork, City of Glass]
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A.
Tower of Glass
Tower of Glass is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of artificial intelligence, class hierarchy, and the ethics of creating sentient beings.
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B.
Shard of Glass
Shard of Glass is a landmark skyscraper in London known for its distinctive glass-clad, shard-like design and status as one of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom.
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C.
Season of Glass
Season of Glass is a 1981 avant-garde rock album by Yoko Ono, created in the aftermath of John Lennon’s death and noted for its raw emotional intensity and experimental sound.
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D.
Ashes and Glass
"Ashes and Glass" is a song by RatDog, the rock band led by former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, known for its improvisational live performances.
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E.
City of Wax
City of Wax is a 1934 short documentary film that explores the life cycle and complex social structure of honeybees, notable for winning an Academy Award in the novelty short subject category.
- 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: City of Glass Target entity description: City of Glass is a postmodern detective novel by Paul Auster that blends mystery, metafiction, and philosophical inquiry into identity and language.
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A.
Tower of Glass
Tower of Glass is a 1970 science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg that explores themes of artificial intelligence, class hierarchy, and the ethics of creating sentient beings.
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B.
Shard of Glass
Shard of Glass is a landmark skyscraper in London known for its distinctive glass-clad, shard-like design and status as one of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom.
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C.
Season of Glass
Season of Glass is a 1981 avant-garde rock album by Yoko Ono, created in the aftermath of John Lennon’s death and noted for its raw emotional intensity and experimental sound.
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D.
Ashes and Glass
"Ashes and Glass" is a song by RatDog, the rock band led by former Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir, known for its improvisational live performances.
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E.
City of Wax
City of Wax is a 1934 short documentary film that explores the life cycle and complex social structure of honeybees, notable for winning an Academy Award in the novelty short subject category.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
metafictional work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Paul Auster ⓘ |
| character |
Daniel Quinn
ⓘ
Paul Auster (character) ⓘ Peter Stillman ⓘ Peter Stillman Sr. ⓘ
linked to:
Peter Stillman
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| explores |
philosophical inquiry into identity
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philosophical inquiry into language ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| followedBy | Ghosts ⓘ |
| genre |
detective fiction
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metafiction ⓘ philosophical fiction ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
City of Glass (graphic novel)
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linked to:
City of Glass
stage adaptation of City of Glass ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780940650387 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Daniel Quinn ⓘ |
| metafictionalDevice |
author as character
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detective story that questions its own form ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending mystery with philosophical themes
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self-referential narrative structure ⓘ |
| originalFormat | paperback ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 200 ⓘ |
| partOf | The New York Trilogy ⓘ |
| precededBy | none (first in The New York Trilogy) ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Sun and Moon Press
ⓘ
linked to:
Sun & Moon Press
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| series | The New York Trilogy ⓘ |
| setting | New York City ⓘ |
| theme |
identity
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isolation ⓘ language ⓘ reality and fiction ⓘ the instability of meaning ⓘ the nature of authorship ⓘ urban alienation ⓘ |
| titleRefersTo | fragility and opacity of urban life ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: City of Glass Description of subject: City of Glass is a postmodern detective novel by Paul Auster that blends mystery, metafiction, and philosophical inquiry into identity and language.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: City of Glass
linked to: City of Glass