By Night in Chile
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By Night in Chile is a short, introspective novel by Roberto Bolaño that follows a dying priest’s fevered recollections to explore art, complicity, and political repression under Pinochet’s dictatorship.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| By Night in Chile canonical | 3 |
| Nocturno de Chile | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: By Night in Chile Context triple: [Roberto Bolaño, notableWork, By Night in Chile]
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A.
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Autumn of the Patriarch is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays the surreal, oppressive world of a timeless Caribbean dictator through dense, lyrical prose characteristic of magical realism.
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B.
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept is a romantic spiritual novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores love, faith, and personal transformation.
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C.
The Time of the Hero
The Time of the Hero is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that exposes corruption and brutality within a military academy, helping to launch the Latin American Boom in literature.
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D.
El Palomar
El Palomar is a locality in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, best known for its major military air base and long-standing association with the Argentine Air Force.
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E.
Homenaje a Borges
Homenaje a Borges is a work by María Kodama that pays tribute to the life, legacy, and literary universe of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
- 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: By Night in Chile Target entity description: By Night in Chile is a short, introspective novel by Roberto Bolaño that follows a dying priest’s fevered recollections to explore art, complicity, and political repression under Pinochet’s dictatorship.
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A.
The Autumn of the Patriarch
The Autumn of the Patriarch is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays the surreal, oppressive world of a timeless Caribbean dictator through dense, lyrical prose characteristic of magical realism.
-
B.
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept is a romantic spiritual novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that explores love, faith, and personal transformation.
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C.
The Time of the Hero
The Time of the Hero is a landmark novel by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa that exposes corruption and brutality within a military academy, helping to launch the Latin American Boom in literature.
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D.
El Palomar
El Palomar is a locality in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, best known for its major military air base and long-standing association with the Argentine Air Force.
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E.
Homenaje a Borges
Homenaje a Borges is a work by María Kodama that pays tribute to the life, legacy, and literary universe of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
short novel ⓘ |
| author | Roberto Bolaño ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Chilean ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Farewell
ⓘ
María Canales ⓘ Pinochet ⓘ
linked to:
Augusto Pinochet
|
| countryOfOrigin | Chile ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
fiction
ⓘ
novella ⓘ political fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptation ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Catholic Church in Chile
ⓘ
Chilean literature ⓘ Latin American dictatorship ⓘ intellectual life in Chile ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Pinochet dictatorship
ⓘ
linked to:
Chilean military dictatorship
|
| languageOfTitle | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation |
Catholic priest
ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| narrator | Sebastián Urrutia Lacroix ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Chilean intellectuals under dictatorship
ⓘ
exploration of moral responsibility ⓘ stream-of-consciousness style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Nocturno de Chile
ⓘ
linked to:
By Night in Chile
|
| pageCountApproximate | 130 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Sebastián Urrutia Lacroix ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | New Directions ⓘ |
| setting | Chile ⓘ |
| structure | single monologue ⓘ |
| theme |
Catholic Church and dictatorship
ⓘ
art and politics ⓘ complicity ⓘ guilt ⓘ memory ⓘ political repression ⓘ |
| tone |
feverish
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introspective ⓘ |
| translatedTitle | By Night in Chile ⓘ |
| translator | Chris Andrews ⓘ |
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linked to: By Night in Chile