The Time of Friendship
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The Time of Friendship is a short story collection by American writer and composer Paul Bowles, reflecting his spare, unsettling style and frequent North African settings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Time of Friendship canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10135568 — 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 Time of Friendship Context triple: [Paul Bowles, notableWork, The Time of Friendship]
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A.
The Devoted Friend
"The Devoted Friend" is a moralistic short story by Oscar Wilde that satirically explores selfishness and the exploitation of genuine friendship.
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B.
Triumph of Time
Triumph of Time is a major orchestral composition by British composer Harrison Birtwistle, noted for its powerful, slowly evolving musical landscape and exploration of temporal perception.
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C.
Buch der Freunde
Buch der Freunde is a collection of aphorisms and reflections by Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal, showcasing his philosophical and literary insights.
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D.
The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
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E.
The Fifth Book of Peace
The Fifth Book of Peace is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston that intertwines memoir, fiction, and meditation on war, loss, and the pursuit of peace.
- 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 Time of Friendship Target entity description: The Time of Friendship is a short story collection by American writer and composer Paul Bowles, reflecting his spare, unsettling style and frequent North African settings.
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A.
The Devoted Friend
"The Devoted Friend" is a moralistic short story by Oscar Wilde that satirically explores selfishness and the exploitation of genuine friendship.
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B.
Triumph of Time
Triumph of Time is a major orchestral composition by British composer Harrison Birtwistle, noted for its powerful, slowly evolving musical landscape and exploration of temporal perception.
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C.
Buch der Freunde
Buch der Freunde is a collection of aphorisms and reflections by Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal, showcasing his philosophical and literary insights.
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D.
The Truce
The Truce is a memoir by Primo Levi recounting his long, circuitous journey home through war-torn Europe after his liberation from Auschwitz.
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E.
The Fifth Book of Peace
The Fifth Book of Peace is a reflective, genre-blending work by Maxine Hong Kingston that intertwines memoir, fiction, and meditation on war, loss, and the pursuit of peace.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Paul Bowles ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| genre | short stories ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | American ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOccupation |
composer
ⓘ
writer ⓘ |
| hasComponentWorkType | short story ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception |
noted for atmospheric prose
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recognized as representative of Paul Bowles’s mature style ⓘ |
| hasForm | collection of short fiction ⓘ |
| hasNotableSetting | Morocco ⓘ |
| hasRegionOfInfluence |
Maghreb
ⓘ
linked to:
North Africa
|
| hasTheme |
alienation
ⓘ
cross-cultural encounters ⓘ dislocation ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ psychological tension ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
spare
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unsettling ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ecco Press ⓘ |
| setting | North Africa ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Time of Friendship Description of subject: The Time of Friendship is a short story collection by American writer and composer Paul Bowles, reflecting his spare, unsettling style and frequent North African settings.
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