Unaccustomed Earth
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Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Unaccustomed Earth Context triple: [Jhumpa Lahiri, notableWork, Unaccustomed Earth]
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A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
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B.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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C.
Some Fruits of Solitude
Some Fruits of Solitude is a collection of aphorisms and reflections on morality, conduct, and inner life by the Quaker leader and philosopher William Penn.
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D.
Het Hogeland
Het Hogeland is a coastal municipality in the northern Netherlands known for its open landscapes, historic villages, and Wadden Sea shoreline.
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E.
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
The Ground Beneath Her Feet is a 1999 novel by Salman Rushdie that reimagines the Orpheus and Eurydice myth within the world of rock music and global pop culture.
- 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: Unaccustomed Earth Target entity description: Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
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A.
A World Apart
"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
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B.
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is a 2017 novel by Indian author Arundhati Roy that weaves together the lives of marginalized characters across contemporary India in a fragmented, poetic narrative.
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C.
Some Fruits of Solitude
Some Fruits of Solitude is a collection of aphorisms and reflections on morality, conduct, and inner life by the Quaker leader and philosopher William Penn.
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D.
Het Hogeland
Het Hogeland is a coastal municipality in the northern Netherlands known for its open landscapes, historic villages, and Wadden Sea shoreline.
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E.
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
The Ground Beneath Her Feet is a 1999 novel by Salman Rushdie that reimagines the Orpheus and Eurydice myth within the world of rock music and global pop culture.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| author | Jhumpa Lahiri ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Asian American Literary Award
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surface form:
Asian American Literary Award for Fiction
Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award ⓘ |
| basedOn | experiences of Indian diaspora communities ⓘ |
| bestsellerStatus |
The New York Times Best Seller list
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surface form:
New York Times bestseller
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| follows |
Interpreter of Maladies
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The Namesake ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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short stories ⓘ |
| hasPart |
A Choice of Accommodations
ⓘ
Going Ashore ⓘ Hell-Heaven ⓘ Nobody’s Business ⓘ Once in a Lifetime ⓘ Only Goodness ⓘ Part I ⓘ Part II ⓘ Unaccustomed Earth self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Unaccustomed Earth (short story)
Year’s End ⓘ |
| hasSequelLikeCycle | Hema and Kaushik trilogy in Part II ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacters |
Hema
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Kaushik ⓘ Rahul ⓘ Ruma ⓘ Sudha ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor | depiction of Bengali American immigrant experience ⓘ |
| numberOfStories | 8 ⓘ |
| originalPublisherImprint |
Alfred A. Knopf
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surface form:
Knopf
|
| pageCount | about 333 pages ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian diaspora literature ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2008 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting |
Europe
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India ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| structure | two-part collection ⓘ |
| theme |
Indian diaspora
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assimilation ⓘ cultural identity ⓘ displacement ⓘ family relationships ⓘ intergenerational conflict ⓘ marriage and relationships ⓘ migration ⓘ |
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Subject: Unaccustomed Earth Description of subject: Unaccustomed Earth is a critically acclaimed collection of short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that explores themes of family, migration, and cultural identity within the Indian diaspora.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Unaccustomed Earth (short story)
this entity surface form:
A Temporary Matter
this entity surface form:
Unaccustomed Earth reached #1 on The New York Times bestseller list
this entity surface form:
Unaccustomed Earth (collection)