The Lottery in Babylon

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf short story
gptkbp:adaptation theatrical performance
film adaptation
gptkbp:author gptkb:Jorge_Luis_Borges
gptkbp:availableIn anthologies
gptkbp:character the narrator
the lottery officials
the_citizens_of_Babylon
gptkbp:collection Ficciones
gptkbp:conflict individual vs society
order vs chaos
gptkbp:criticalReception widely acclaimed
gptkbp:discusses human behavior
the nature of reality
the nature of existence
the role of chance
gptkbp:genre fantasy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Lottery in Babylon
gptkbp:impact inspired writers
inspired filmmakers
inspired theorists
gptkbp:influence postmodern literature
gptkbp:influenced literary theory
gptkbp:inspiredBy Babel myth
historical lotteries
gptkbp:language gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:motif power
randomness
bureaucracy
gptkbp:narrativeStyle first-person
metafiction
gptkbp:partOf Ficciones
gptkbp:previousName La_loterĂ­a_en_Babilonia
gptkbp:publications collection
gptkbp:publishedIn 1941
gptkbp:relatedTo The Garden of Forking Paths
gptkbp:setting Babel
gptkbp:style philosophical
allegorical
gptkbp:symbolism lottery
Babel
gptkbp:theme fate
chance
gptkbp:translatedInto English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese