novel "La casa in collina"
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"La casa in collina" is a postwar Italian novel by Cesare Pavese that explores existential anxiety, guilt, and moral responsibility against the backdrop of World War II and the Resistance in the hills around Turin.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| novel "La casa in collina" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: novel "La casa in collina" Context triple: [Cesare Pavese, hasPart, novel "La casa in collina"]
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A.
Casa sobre el Arroyo
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B.
The House on Telegraph Hill
The House on Telegraph Hill is a 1951 film noir thriller set in San Francisco, centered on identity, inheritance, and suspenseful psychological drama.
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C.
Della famiglia
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D.
La tía Julia y el escribidor
La tía Julia y el escribidor is a semi-autobiographical novel by Mario Vargas Llosa that humorously explores love, storytelling, and the blurring of fiction and reality in mid-20th-century Lima.
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E.
The Godfather (novel)
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- 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 "La casa in collina" Target entity description: "La casa in collina" is a postwar Italian novel by Cesare Pavese that explores existential anxiety, guilt, and moral responsibility against the backdrop of World War II and the Resistance in the hills around Turin.
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A.
Casa sobre el Arroyo
Casa sobre el Arroyo is a landmark modernist house in Mar del Plata, Argentina, celebrated for its innovative elevated concrete design spanning a stream.
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B.
The House on Telegraph Hill
The House on Telegraph Hill is a 1951 film noir thriller set in San Francisco, centered on identity, inheritance, and suspenseful psychological drama.
-
C.
Della famiglia
Della famiglia is a 15th-century treatise by Leon Battista Alberti that explores family life, ethics, and the management of household and wealth in Renaissance society.
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D.
La tía Julia y el escribidor
La tía Julia y el escribidor is a semi-autobiographical novel by Mario Vargas Llosa that humorously explores love, storytelling, and the blurring of fiction and reality in mid-20th-century Lima.
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E.
The Godfather (novel)
The Godfather is a 1969 crime novel by Mario Puzo that chronicles the powerful and violent world of the Corleone mafia family in mid-20th-century America.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Cesare Pavese NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
engagement versus withdrawal
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individual conscience versus historical events ⓘ |
| containsMotif |
distance from conflict
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hills as refuge ⓘ return to the city ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
existential novel
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postwar novel ⓘ psychological novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasAuthorNationality | Italian ⓘ |
| hasMainSettingType |
rural hills
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urban city ⓘ |
| hasMoralQuestion | responsibility of the individual in times of war ⓘ |
| hasTitleInOriginalLanguage | La casa in collina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Italian Resistance
NERFINISHED
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Neorealism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work of Italian postwar fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
introspective
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realist ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Corrado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | teacher ⓘ |
| publisher | Einaudi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Dialoghi con Leucò
NERFINISHED
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Il compagno NERFINISHED ⓘ La luna e i falò NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Turin
NERFINISHED
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hills around Turin ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
cowardice
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existential anxiety ⓘ guilt ⓘ loneliness ⓘ memory ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ political disengagement ⓘ search for meaning ⓘ violence of war ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | final years of World War II in Italy ⓘ |
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Subject: novel "La casa in collina" Description of subject: "La casa in collina" is a postwar Italian novel by Cesare Pavese that explores existential anxiety, guilt, and moral responsibility against the backdrop of World War II and the Resistance in the hills around Turin.
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