O Último Voo do Flamingo

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magical realist novel novel

O Último Voo do Flamingo is a magical realist novel by Mozambican writer Mia Couto that explores the aftermath of civil war in a fictional Mozambican village through surreal events and lyrical, allegorical storytelling.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Last Flight of the Flamingo	4
O Último Voo do Flamingo canonical	2
O Último Voo do Flamingo (film)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5366915 — 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: O Último Voo do Flamingo
Context triple: [Mia Couto, notableWork, O Último Voo do Flamingo]

A. Sólo vuelo
"Sólo vuelo" is a musical work by Mexican composer Javier Álvarez, known for his innovative blending of contemporary classical techniques with Latin American influences.
B. The Flamingo's Smile
The Flamingo's Smile is a collection of Stephen Jay Gould's popular science essays that explore evolution, natural history, and the nature of scientific thinking.
C. The Flamingo Kid
The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 coming-of-age comedy-drama film starring Matt Dillon as a working-class teenager who spends a transformative summer at an exclusive beach club.
D. Given to Fly
"Given to Fly" is a soaring, anthemic rock song by American band Pearl Jam, known for its uplifting melody and storytelling lyrics.
E. Bright Flight
Bright Flight is a 2001 indie rock album by Silver Jews, noted for David Berman’s stark, country-tinged songwriting and melancholic, literate lyrics.
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: O Último Voo do Flamingo
Target entity description: O Último Voo do Flamingo is a magical realist novel by Mozambican writer Mia Couto that explores the aftermath of civil war in a fictional Mozambican village through surreal events and lyrical, allegorical storytelling.

A. Sólo vuelo
"Sólo vuelo" is a musical work by Mexican composer Javier Álvarez, known for his innovative blending of contemporary classical techniques with Latin American influences.
B. The Flamingo's Smile
The Flamingo's Smile is a collection of Stephen Jay Gould's popular science essays that explore evolution, natural history, and the nature of scientific thinking.
C. The Flamingo Kid
The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 coming-of-age comedy-drama film starring Matt Dillon as a working-class teenager who spends a transformative summer at an exclusive beach club.
D. Given to Fly
"Given to Fly" is a soaring, anthemic rock song by American band Pearl Jam, known for its uplifting melody and storytelling lyrics.
E. Bright Flight
Bright Flight is a 2001 indie rock album by Silver Jews, noted for David Berman’s stark, country-tinged songwriting and melancholic, literate lyrics.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	magical realist novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptationType	feature film ⓘ
addresses	legacy of colonialism in Mozambique ⓘ tension between local beliefs and global politics ⓘ
author	Mia Couto ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Mozambique ⓘ
depicts	United Nations peacekeepers in Mozambique ⓘ
explores	relationship between local villagers and foreign officials ⓘ role of myth in understanding violence ⓘ
genre	magical realism ⓘ postcolonial fiction ⓘ war fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	O Último Voo do Flamingo (film) ⓘ linked to: O Último Voo do Flamingo
hasTitleInEnglish	The Last Flight of the Flamingo ⓘ linked to: O Último Voo do Flamingo
hasTranslation	The Last Flight of the Flamingo ⓘ linked to: O Último Voo do Flamingo
literaryDevice	allegory ⓘ fantastical imagery ⓘ symbolism ⓘ
literaryForm	prose ⓘ
literaryMovement	Lusophone African literature ⓘ
mainTheme	aftermath of civil war ⓘ bureaucracy and international intervention ⓘ clash between tradition and modernity ⓘ memory and trauma ⓘ postcolonial identity ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person narration ⓘ
narrativeStyle	allegorical storytelling ⓘ lyrical prose ⓘ
narrativeTechnique	magical realism ⓘ
notableFor	blend of oral tradition and written literature ⓘ surreal events depicting postwar reality ⓘ
originalLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
partOf	Mia Couto bibliography ⓘ
placeOfPublication	Mozambique ⓘ
publisher	Caminho ⓘ
setting	fictional Mozambican village ⓘ
settingPeriod	post-civil war Mozambique ⓘ
translatedInto	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
workExampleOf	contemporary African literature ⓘ

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