The Solitude of Prime Numbers
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The Solitude of Prime Numbers is a bestselling Italian novel that explores the lifelong emotional isolation and fragile bond between two misfit characters whose lives intersect like “twin primes.”
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Solitude of Prime Numbers canonical | 8 |
| The Solitude of Prime Numbers (film) | 2 |
| La solitudine dei numeri primi | 1 |
| The Solitude of Prime Numbers (novel by Paolo Giordano) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Solitude of Prime Numbers Context triple: [Paolo Giordano, notableWork, The Solitude of Prime Numbers]
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A.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity is a biographical drama film about Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his collaboration with British professor G.H. Hardy at Cambridge University.
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B.
Birth of a Theorem
Birth of a Theorem is a memoir-style mathematical narrative by Fields Medalist Cédric Villani that chronicles the creative and personal journey behind one of his major research breakthroughs.
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C.
The Man Who Knew
The Man Who Knew is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring crime, suspense, and intricate plotting typical of his early 20th-century thrillers.
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D.
A Mathematician's Apology
A Mathematician's Apology is G. H. Hardy’s classic reflective essay that defends the aesthetic value of pure mathematics and offers a candid, personal account of the mathematician’s life and creative process.
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E.
Prince of Mathematicians
Prince of Mathematicians is the honorific title given to Carl Friedrich Gauss, reflecting his status as one of the greatest and most influential mathematicians in history.
- 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: The Solitude of Prime Numbers Target entity description: The Solitude of Prime Numbers is a bestselling Italian novel that explores the lifelong emotional isolation and fragile bond between two misfit characters whose lives intersect like “twin primes.”
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A.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity is a biographical drama film about Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan and his collaboration with British professor G.H. Hardy at Cambridge University.
-
B.
Birth of a Theorem
Birth of a Theorem is a memoir-style mathematical narrative by Fields Medalist Cédric Villani that chronicles the creative and personal journey behind one of his major research breakthroughs.
-
C.
The Man Who Knew
The Man Who Knew is a mystery novel by British writer Edgar Wallace, featuring crime, suspense, and intricate plotting typical of his early 20th-century thrillers.
-
D.
A Mathematician's Apology
A Mathematician's Apology is G. H. Hardy’s classic reflective essay that defends the aesthetic value of pure mathematics and offers a candid, personal account of the mathematician’s life and creative process.
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E.
Prince of Mathematicians
Prince of Mathematicians is the honorific title given to Carl Friedrich Gauss, reflecting his status as one of the greatest and most influential mathematicians in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian novel
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literary work ⓘ novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
The Solitude of Prime Numbers (film)
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linked to:
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
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| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| author | Paolo Giordano ⓘ |
| awardCountry | Italy ⓘ |
| awarded | Strega Prize ⓘ |
| centralMotif |
mathematics
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prime numbers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Italy ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector | Saverio Costanzo ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationReleaseYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age novel
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literary fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
introspective
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melancholic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alice Della Rocca
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Mattia Balossino ⓘ |
| marketReception | international bestseller ⓘ |
| metaphor | twin primes ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
emotional isolation
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friendship ⓘ loneliness ⓘ social alienation ⓘ trauma ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bestseller status
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mathematical metaphor for relationships ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
La solitudine dei numeri primi
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linked to:
The Solitude of Prime Numbers
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| publicationYear | 2008 ⓘ |
| setting | Italy ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
early 21st century
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late 20th century ⓘ |
| structure | nonlinear timeline ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
bullying
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childhood trauma ⓘ difficulty of human connection ⓘ family dysfunction ⓘ identity ⓘ otherness ⓘ self-harm ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
English
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multiple languages ⓘ |
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Referenced by (12)
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subject linked to:
Paolo Giordano
linked to: The Solitude of Prime Numbers
subject linked to:
Paolo Giordano
linked to: The Solitude of Prime Numbers
linked to: The Solitude of Prime Numbers
linked to: The Solitude of Prime Numbers