This Is How You Lose Her
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This Is How You Lose Her is a critically acclaimed short story collection by Junot Díaz that explores love, infidelity, and Dominican-American identity through interconnected tales centered on the character Yunior.
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| This Is How You Lose Her canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: This Is How You Lose Her Context triple: [Junot Díaz, notableWork, This Is How You Lose Her]
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A.
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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B.
Tender Lover
Tender Lover is a 1989 R&B album by Babyface that helped establish him as a leading singer, songwriter, and producer.
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C.
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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D.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Junot Díaz that blends magical realism, Dominican history, and geek culture to tell the tragicomic story of an overweight sci-fi-obsessed Dominican American named Oscar.
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E.
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.
- 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: This Is How You Lose Her Target entity description: This Is How You Lose Her is a critically acclaimed short story collection by Junot Díaz that explores love, infidelity, and Dominican-American identity through interconnected tales centered on the character Yunior.
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A.
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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B.
Tender Lover
Tender Lover is a 1989 R&B album by Babyface that helped establish him as a leading singer, songwriter, and producer.
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C.
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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D.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Junot Díaz that blends magical realism, Dominican history, and geek culture to tell the tragicomic story of an overweight sci-fi-obsessed Dominican American named Oscar.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Junot Díaz ⓘ |
| awarded | nominated for National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ |
| containsStory |
Alma
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Flaca ⓘ Invierno ⓘ Miss Lora ⓘ Nilda ⓘ Otravida, Otravez ⓘ The Cheater’s Guide to Love ⓘ The Pura Principle ⓘ The Sun, the Moon, the Stars ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| followsWork | Drown ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-1-59448-736-1 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryGenre |
fiction
ⓘ
short stories ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Yunior ⓘ |
| mediaType |
book
ⓘ
print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | interconnected stories ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Yunior ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of Dominican-American experience
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nonlinear narrative structure ⓘ use of Spanglish ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Riverhead Books ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Yunior stories by Junot Díaz ⓘ |
| protagonist | Yunior ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2012 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao ⓘ |
| setting |
Dominican Republic
ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
linked to:
New Jersey, United States
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| subjectMatter |
betrayal
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cultural identity ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| theme |
Dominican-American identity
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family relationships ⓘ heartbreak ⓘ immigration ⓘ infidelity ⓘ loss ⓘ love ⓘ masculinity ⓘ |
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