Traveling on One Leg
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Traveling on One Leg is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Herta Müller that explores exile, alienation, and identity through the fragmented experiences of a Romanian woman who emigrates to West Germany.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Traveling on One Leg canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7908125 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Traveling on One Leg Context triple: [Herta Müller, notableWork, Traveling on One Leg]
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A.
Live on Two Legs
"Live on Two Legs" is a live album capturing performances by the American rock band Pearl Jam.
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B.
Walk with Me
Walk with Me is a breakout EP by British grime artist Bugzy Malone that helped establish his reputation in the UK music scene.
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C.
Live on Ten Legs
Live on Ten Legs is a live album by American rock band Pearl Jam, featuring performances from their 2003–2010 world tours.
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D.
Walk With Me
"Walk With Me" is a gospel song whose vocal sample is prominently featured in Kanye West's track "Jesus Walks."
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E.
One Way Trip
One Way Trip is a component or segment of the larger work "Rebirth," likely representing a distinct chapter, track, or narrative part within that overall project.
- 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: Traveling on One Leg Target entity description: Traveling on One Leg is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Herta Müller that explores exile, alienation, and identity through the fragmented experiences of a Romanian woman who emigrates to West Germany.
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A.
Live on Two Legs
"Live on Two Legs" is a live album capturing performances by the American rock band Pearl Jam.
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B.
Walk with Me
Walk with Me is a breakout EP by British grime artist Bugzy Malone that helped establish his reputation in the UK music scene.
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C.
Live on Ten Legs
Live on Ten Legs is a live album by American rock band Pearl Jam, featuring performances from their 2003–2010 world tours.
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D.
Walk With Me
"Walk With Me" is a gospel song whose vocal sample is prominently featured in Kanye West's track "Jesus Walks."
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E.
One Way Trip
One Way Trip is a component or segment of the larger work "Rebirth," likely representing a distinct chapter, track, or narrative part within that overall project.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Herta Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorAward | Nobel Prize in Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorAwardedNobelPrizeInLiteratureYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ |
| depicts |
life of an emigrant in West Germany
ⓘ
surveillance and fear under dictatorship ⓘ |
| explores |
difficulty of forming relationships in exile
ⓘ
psychological effects of migration ⓘ |
| genre |
exile literature
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasFemaleProtagonist | true ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
bodily fragmentation
ⓘ
border crossings ⓘ language and silence ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 150 ⓘ |
| hasStructure | episodic ⓘ |
| hasTitleVariant | Reisende auf einem Bein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| isPartOfAuthorOeuvre | Herta Müller novels about dictatorship and exile ⓘ |
| languageOfProtagonistOrigin | Romanian ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Irene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | fragmented ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Reisende auf einem Bein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | Romanian ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | Northwestern University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Nadirs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Appointment NERFINISHED ⓘ The Land of Green Plums NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Romania
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
ⓘ
displacement ⓘ exile ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ political oppression ⓘ |
| translatedBy | Valerie Tekavec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Traveling on One Leg Description of subject: Traveling on One Leg is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Herta Müller that explores exile, alienation, and identity through the fragmented experiences of a Romanian woman who emigrates to West Germany.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.