In the Shadow of No Towers
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In the Shadow of No Towers is a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that reflects on the September 11 attacks through a blend of personal memoir, political commentary, and experimental comics form.
All labels observed (1)
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| In the Shadow of No Towers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11643918 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: In the Shadow of No Towers Context triple: [Art Spiegelman, notableWork, In the Shadow of No Towers]
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A.
The Shadow Knows
"The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
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B.
The Shadow Knows
The Shadow Knows is a 1974 psychological horror novel by American writer Diane Johnson that follows a divorced mother terrorized by an unseen stalker in New York City.
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C.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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D.
The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box is a Pulitzer Prize–winning drama by Michael Cristofer that explores the emotional lives of terminally ill patients and their families in a hospice setting.
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E.
Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett, centered on a ruthless German spy in Britain whose discovery could change the course of the war.
- 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: In the Shadow of No Towers Target entity description: In the Shadow of No Towers is a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that reflects on the September 11 attacks through a blend of personal memoir, political commentary, and experimental comics form.
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A.
The Shadow Knows
"The Shadow Knows" is a 1960 novelty R&B song by The Coasters that plays off the famous catchphrase from the old-time radio drama "The Shadow."
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B.
The Shadow Knows
The Shadow Knows is a 1974 psychological horror novel by American writer Diane Johnson that follows a divorced mother terrorized by an unseen stalker in New York City.
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C.
In the Shadow of Man
In the Shadow of Man is Jane Goodall’s influential 1971 book that chronicles her pioneering field research on wild chimpanzees in Tanzania and helped transform our understanding of primate behavior and human evolution.
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D.
The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box is a Pulitzer Prize–winning drama by Michael Cristofer that explores the emotional lives of terminally ill patients and their families in a hospice setting.
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E.
Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle is a World War II espionage thriller novel by Ken Follett, centered on a ruthless German spy in Britain whose discovery could change the course of the war.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic
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graphic novel ⓘ |
| author | Art Spiegelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnEvent | September 11 attacks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Art Spiegelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | collapse of the World Trade Center ⓘ |
| depictsLocation | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 2004 ⓘ |
| followsWork | Maus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
graphic memoir
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non-fiction comic ⓘ political comic ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780375423079 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
comic strips
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essays ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
American identity
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grief ⓘ memory ⓘ political dissent ⓘ war on terror ⓘ |
| illustrator | Art Spiegelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesReferenceTo | early American newspaper comics GENERATED ⓘ |
| isAbout | Art Spiegelman’s personal response to 9/11 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | autobiographical comic ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
September 11 attacks
NERFINISHED
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political commentary ⓘ terrorism ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Art Spiegelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationCountry | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | newspaper supplement ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Die Zeit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 42 ⓘ |
| publicationFormat | book ⓘ |
| publisher | Pantheon Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timeOfNarrative | post-9/11 era ⓘ |
| usesArtStyle |
collage
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experimental comics form ⓘ |
| writer | Art Spiegelman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: In the Shadow of No Towers Description of subject: In the Shadow of No Towers is a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that reflects on the September 11 attacks through a blend of personal memoir, political commentary, and experimental comics form.
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