novel "Lanark"
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"Lanark" is a landmark Scottish novel by Alasdair Gray that blends dystopian fantasy with realist autobiography to explore alienation, politics, and art in a surreal version of Glasgow.
All labels observed (1)
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| novel "Lanark" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10949366 — 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: novel "Lanark" Context triple: [Alasdair Gray, knownFor, novel "Lanark"]
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A.
Morvern Callar (novel)
Morvern Callar (novel) is a 1995 debut work by Scottish author Alan Warner that follows a young woman in a remote Scottish town who makes a series of unsettling choices after discovering her boyfriend’s suicide.
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B.
Paul Ferroll: A Tale
"Paul Ferroll: A Tale" is a mid-19th-century psychological and crime novel by Caroline Clive, notable for its exploration of a seemingly respectable man's concealed guilt and moral ambiguity.
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C.
The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae is a historical adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson that explores the destructive rivalry between two Scottish brothers set against the backdrop of the Jacobite rising.
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D.
The Lie of the Land
"The Lie of the Land" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the character Missy in a story about a dystopian Earth under alien control.
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E.
The Uplands
The Uplands is a residential area in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, forming part of the wider local community near Palacefields.
- 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: novel "Lanark" Target entity description: "Lanark" is a landmark Scottish novel by Alasdair Gray that blends dystopian fantasy with realist autobiography to explore alienation, politics, and art in a surreal version of Glasgow.
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A.
Morvern Callar (novel)
Morvern Callar (novel) is a 1995 debut work by Scottish author Alan Warner that follows a young woman in a remote Scottish town who makes a series of unsettling choices after discovering her boyfriend’s suicide.
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B.
Paul Ferroll: A Tale
"Paul Ferroll: A Tale" is a mid-19th-century psychological and crime novel by Caroline Clive, notable for its exploration of a seemingly respectable man's concealed guilt and moral ambiguity.
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C.
The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae is a historical adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson that explores the destructive rivalry between two Scottish brothers set against the backdrop of the Jacobite rising.
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D.
The Lie of the Land
"The Lie of the Land" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, featuring the character Missy in a story about a dystopian Earth under alien control.
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E.
The Uplands
The Uplands is a residential area in Runcorn, Cheshire, England, forming part of the wider local community near Palacefields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationCompany |
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow
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linked to:
Glasgow Citizens Theatre
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| adaptationPremiereYear | 2015 ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | stage play ⓘ |
| author | Alasdair Gray ⓘ |
| contains |
authorial index of plagiarisms
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epilogue in the middle of the book ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Scotland ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| describedAs |
cult classic
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landmark of Scottish literature ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1981-02-25 ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical fiction
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dystopian fiction ⓘ fantasy fiction ⓘ magic realism ⓘ political fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| hasIllustrationsBy | Alasdair Gray ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book Four
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Book One ⓘ Book Three ⓘ Book Two ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Franz Kafka
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George Orwell ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ William Blake ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Scottish Renaissance tradition ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Duncan Thaw
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Lanark ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | nonlinear ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of dystopian fantasy and social realism
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influence on Scottish literature ⓘ metafictional structure ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 560 ⓘ |
| placeInSeries | standalone work ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| publisher | Canongate Books ⓘ |
| setting |
Glasgow
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fictional city of Unthank ⓘ |
| theme |
Scottish national identity
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alienation ⓘ art ⓘ identity ⓘ mental illness ⓘ politics ⓘ power and authority ⓘ urban decay ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: novel "Lanark" Description of subject: "Lanark" is a landmark Scottish novel by Alasdair Gray that blends dystopian fantasy with realist autobiography to explore alienation, politics, and art in a surreal version of Glasgow.
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