The History of Love
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The History of Love is a 2005 novel by Nicole Krauss that intertwines the lives of several characters across time and continents through a mysterious manuscript and themes of love, loss, and memory.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The History of Love canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9195273 — 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 History of Love Context triple: [Mark Rendall, notableWork, The History of Love]
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A.
A Tale of Love and Darkness
A Tale of Love and Darkness is a 2015 drama film, adapted from Amos Oz’s memoir, that marks Natalie Portman’s feature directorial debut, in which she also stars.
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B.
The Splendid Things We Planned
The Splendid Things We Planned is a memoir by biographer Blake Bailey that recounts his troubled relationship with his brother and their dysfunctional family.
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C.
Love and Other Catastrophes
Love and Other Catastrophes is a 1996 Australian romantic comedy film that follows the chaotic love lives and academic mishaps of a group of university students in Melbourne.
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D.
The Invention of Love
The Invention of Love is a play by Tom Stoppard that explores the life, unrequited love, and intellectual legacy of poet and scholar A. E. Housman through a blend of biography, fantasy, and classical allusion.
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E.
A Long Petal of the Sea
A Long Petal of the Sea is a historical novel by Isabel Allende that follows Spanish Civil War refugees exiled to Chile, exploring themes of displacement, love, and political upheaval across decades.
- 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 History of Love Target entity description: The History of Love is a 2005 novel by Nicole Krauss that intertwines the lives of several characters across time and continents through a mysterious manuscript and themes of love, loss, and memory.
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A.
A Tale of Love and Darkness
A Tale of Love and Darkness is a 2015 drama film, adapted from Amos Oz’s memoir, that marks Natalie Portman’s feature directorial debut, in which she also stars.
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B.
The Splendid Things We Planned
The Splendid Things We Planned is a memoir by biographer Blake Bailey that recounts his troubled relationship with his brother and their dysfunctional family.
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C.
Love and Other Catastrophes
Love and Other Catastrophes is a 1996 Australian romantic comedy film that follows the chaotic love lives and academic mishaps of a group of university students in Melbourne.
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D.
The Invention of Love
The Invention of Love is a play by Tom Stoppard that explores the life, unrequited love, and intellectual legacy of poet and scholar A. E. Housman through a blend of biography, fantasy, and classical allusion.
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E.
A Long Petal of the Sea
A Long Petal of the Sea is a historical novel by Isabel Allende that follows Spanish Civil War refugees exiled to Chile, exploring themes of displacement, love, and political upheaval across decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | The History of Love (2016 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Nicole Krauss NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award | William Saroyan International Prize for Writing (Fiction, 2008) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralObject | mysterious manuscript ⓘ |
| character |
Alma Singer
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bird Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ Bruno NERFINISHED ⓘ Charlotte Singer NERFINISHED ⓘ Leo Gursky NERFINISHED ⓘ Zvi Litvinoff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Radu Mihăileanu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Great House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
metafiction ⓘ romantic fiction ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-393-05982-1 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
identity
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loneliness ⓘ loss ⓘ love ⓘ memory ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | interwoven stories ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | multiple narrators ⓘ |
| notableMotif |
Holocaust survival
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intergenerational connections ⓘ lost manuscript ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| pageCount | 252 (approximate, first edition) ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | second novel by Nicole Krauss ⓘ |
| precededBy | Man Walks Into a Room NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| publisher | W. W. Norton & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Chile
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Orange Prize for Fiction
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prix Médicis étranger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th century
ⓘ
21st century ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The History of Love Description of subject: The History of Love is a 2005 novel by Nicole Krauss that intertwines the lives of several characters across time and continents through a mysterious manuscript and themes of love, loss, and memory.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.