The Last Days of New Paris
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The Last Days of New Paris is a surreal alternate-history novella by China Miéville that blends World War II-era Paris with unleashed surrealist art and demonic forces.
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| The Last Days of New Paris canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Last Days of New Paris Context triple: [China Miéville, notableWork, The Last Days of New Paris]
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A.
The Last Metro
The Last Metro is a 1980 French World War II–era drama film by François Truffaut that follows a Parisian theater troupe struggling to survive and resist under Nazi occupation.
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B.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Last Time I Saw Paris is a 1954 romantic drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson, adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Babylon Revisited.”
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C.
The Last Days of Chez Nous
The Last Days of Chez Nous is a 1992 Australian drama film that explores the emotional unraveling of a modern family, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Gillian Armstrong.
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D.
The Fall of the City
The Fall of the City is a 1937 verse radio drama by Archibald MacLeish that allegorically explores the rise of fascism and the surrender of freedom in a modern city.
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E.
The Last Years
The Last Years is the concluding volume of Maxim Gorky’s epic novel cycle "The Life of Klim Samgin," depicting the final phase of its protagonist’s life amid the social and political upheavals of early 20th-century Russia.
- 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: The Last Days of New Paris Target entity description: The Last Days of New Paris is a surreal alternate-history novella by China Miéville that blends World War II-era Paris with unleashed surrealist art and demonic forces.
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A.
The Last Metro
The Last Metro is a 1980 French World War II–era drama film by François Truffaut that follows a Parisian theater troupe struggling to survive and resist under Nazi occupation.
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B.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
The Last Time I Saw Paris is a 1954 romantic drama film starring Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson, adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Babylon Revisited.”
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C.
The Last Days of Chez Nous
The Last Days of Chez Nous is a 1992 Australian drama film that explores the emotional unraveling of a modern family, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Gillian Armstrong.
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D.
The Fall of the City
The Fall of the City is a 1937 verse radio drama by Archibald MacLeish that allegorically explores the rise of fascism and the surrender of freedom in a modern city.
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E.
The Last Years
The Last Years is the concluding volume of Maxim Gorky’s epic novel cycle "The Life of Klim Samgin," depicting the final phase of its protagonist’s life amid the social and political upheavals of early 20th-century Russia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literaryWork
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novella ⓘ |
| author | China Miéville ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
art and politics
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resistance ⓘ surrealism ⓘ war ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Pye Parr ⓘ |
| explores |
fascism and resistance
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intersection of art and reality ⓘ political power of imagination ⓘ |
| features |
alternate-history version of Nazi-occupied Paris
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demonic entities ⓘ manifested surrealist artworks ⓘ members of the French Resistance ⓘ |
| genre |
alternate history
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fantasy fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ surrealist fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Jack Parsons
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Sam ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-345-54399-8 ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Thibaut ⓘ |
| hasPart | appendix describing real surrealist artworks ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
World War II history
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occultism ⓘ surrealist art movement ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Weird ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | prose ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | dual timeline ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 208 ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Del Rey
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linked to:
Del Rey Books
Picador ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
World War II
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post-World War II era ⓘ |
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