When the Nines Roll Over (short story collection)
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"When the Nines Roll Over" is a collection of contemporary short stories by David Benioff that explores themes of love, ambition, and disillusionment through sharply drawn characters and darkly comic situations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories | 7 |
| When the Nines Roll Over (short story collection) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: When the Nines Roll Over (short story collection) Context triple: [David Benioff, notableWork, When the Nines Roll Over (short story collection)]
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Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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The Wide Net and Other Stories
The Wide Net and Other Stories is a 1943 collection of short fiction by American author Eudora Welty that showcases her lyrical prose and vivid portrayals of life in the American South.
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A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories is a 1941 collection of short stories by American author Eudora Welty that helped establish her reputation for richly observed, Southern-set fiction.
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Last Stories and Other Stories
Last Stories and Other Stories is a 2014 collection of dark, genre-blending short fiction by William T. Vollmann that explores themes of death, love, and the supernatural.
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E.
The First Person and Other Stories
The First Person and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that showcases her inventive, playful prose and explorations of identity, relationships, and narrative form.
- 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: When the Nines Roll Over (short story collection) Target entity description: "When the Nines Roll Over" is a collection of contemporary short stories by David Benioff that explores themes of love, ambition, and disillusionment through sharply drawn characters and darkly comic situations.
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A.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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B.
The Wide Net and Other Stories
The Wide Net and Other Stories is a 1943 collection of short fiction by American author Eudora Welty that showcases her lyrical prose and vivid portrayals of life in the American South.
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C.
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories is a 1941 collection of short stories by American author Eudora Welty that helped establish her reputation for richly observed, Southern-set fiction.
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D.
The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman
The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman is an anthology gathering the darkly comic, satirical short stories of the American writer known for his offbeat takes on modern life and relationships.
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E.
Last Stories and Other Stories
Last Stories and Other Stories is a 2014 collection of dark, genre-blending short fiction by William T. Vollmann that explores themes of death, love, and the supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| author | David Benioff ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| authorOccupationOfAuthor |
novelist
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screenwriter ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
contemporary fiction
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short stories ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Viking design department ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780670033451 ⓘ |
| hasNarrativePerspective |
first-person narration
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third-person narration ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 240 ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
France
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New York City ⓘ Russia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| hasStory |
The Barefoot Girl in Clover
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surface form:
Barefoot Girl in Clover
De Composition ⓘ Garden of No ⓘ Merde for Luck ⓘ Neversink River ⓘ
surface form:
Neversink
The Barefoot Girl in Clover ⓘ The Barefoot Girl in Clover ⓘ
surface form:
The Barefoot Girl in Clover (short story)
The Barefoot Girl in Clover ⓘ
surface form:
The Barefoot Girl in Clover and Other Stories
The Barefoot Girl in Clover ⓘ
surface form:
The Barefoot Girl in Clover and Other Stories (short story)
The Devil Comes to Orekhovo ⓘ When the Nines Roll Over ⓘ
surface form:
When the Nines Roll Over (short story)
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| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century American literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
ambition
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disillusionment ⓘ love ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | darkly comic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark humor
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depiction of urban life ⓘ exploration of relationships ⓘ sharply drawn characters ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| publisher |
The Viking Press
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surface form:
Viking Press
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| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
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When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories
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When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories
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When the Nines Roll Over and Other Stories
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