The Delicate Prey and Other Stories
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The Delicate Prey and Other Stories is a collection of dark, atmospheric short fiction by Paul Bowles that explores violence, alienation, and cultural dislocation, often set in North Africa.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Delicate Prey and Other Stories canonical | 1 |
| The Delicate Prey and Other Stories (title story: The Delicate Prey) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10135567 — 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 Delicate Prey and Other Stories Context triple: [Paul Bowles, notableWork, The Delicate Prey and Other Stories]
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A.
The Wide Net and Other Stories
The Wide Net and Other Stories is a 1943 collection of short fiction by American author Eudora Welty that showcases her lyrical prose and vivid portrayals of life in the American South.
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B.
Loot and Other Stories
Loot and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Nobel Prize–winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer that explores themes of politics, morality, and human relationships in post-apartheid society.
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C.
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories is a 1941 collection of short stories by American author Eudora Welty that helped establish her reputation for richly observed, Southern-set fiction.
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D.
The Package and Other Stories
The Package and Other Stories is a science fiction short story collection by American writer and psychiatrist Janet Opal Jeppson (also known as Janet Asimov).
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E.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Arthur Waugh, showcasing his literary style and thematic range in early 20th-century English literature.
- 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 Delicate Prey and Other Stories Target entity description: The Delicate Prey and Other Stories is a collection of dark, atmospheric short fiction by Paul Bowles that explores violence, alienation, and cultural dislocation, often set in North Africa.
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A.
The Wide Net and Other Stories
The Wide Net and Other Stories is a 1943 collection of short fiction by American author Eudora Welty that showcases her lyrical prose and vivid portrayals of life in the American South.
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B.
Loot and Other Stories
Loot and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Nobel Prize–winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer that explores themes of politics, morality, and human relationships in post-apartheid society.
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C.
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories is a 1941 collection of short stories by American author Eudora Welty that helped establish her reputation for richly observed, Southern-set fiction.
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D.
The Package and Other Stories
The Package and Other Stories is a science fiction short story collection by American writer and psychiatrist Janet Opal Jeppson (also known as Janet Asimov).
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E.
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories is a collection of short fiction by Arthur Waugh, showcasing his literary style and thematic range in early 20th-century English literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Paul Bowles ⓘ |
| containsStory |
A Distant Episode
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He of the Assembly ⓘ The Circular Valley ⓘ The Delicate Prey ⓘ The Delicate Prey and Other Stories (title story: The Delicate Prey) ⓘ
linked to:
The Delicate Prey and Other Stories
The Echo ⓘ The Scorpion ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre |
dark fiction
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literary fiction ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasForm | short stories ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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colonialism ⓘ cross-cultural encounter ⓘ cultural dislocation ⓘ existential anxiety ⓘ fatalism ⓘ fear ⓘ otherness ⓘ psychological disintegration ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| influenced |
later postcolonial fiction
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writers of dark travel literature ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar American literature ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
detached
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minimalist ⓘ |
| narrativeTone |
atmospheric
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dark ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of brutal violence
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evocation of North African landscapes ⓘ portrayal of Western travelers in foreign cultures ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1950 ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Morocco
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North Africa ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Delicate Prey and Other Stories Description of subject: The Delicate Prey and Other Stories is a collection of dark, atmospheric short fiction by Paul Bowles that explores violence, alienation, and cultural dislocation, often set in North Africa.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Delicate Prey and Other Stories
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containsStory
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The Delicate Prey and Other Stories (title story: The Delicate Prey)
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linked to: The Delicate Prey and Other Stories