The Farming of Bones
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The Farming of Bones is a historical novel by Edwidge Danticat that explores the 1937 Parsley Massacre and its impact on Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic through a deeply personal, lyrical narrative.
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| The Farming of Bones canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Farming of Bones Context triple: [Edwidge Danticat, notableWork, The Farming of Bones]
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A.
Life in a Haitian Valley
Life in a Haitian Valley is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits that examines Haitian rural life, culture, and African cultural survivals.
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B.
Men We Reaped
Men We Reaped is a memoir by Jesmyn Ward that reflects on the lives and deaths of five young Black men close to her in rural Mississippi, exploring themes of race, poverty, and grief.
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C.
Valley of the Geraniums
Valley of the Geraniums is a secluded valley on Saint Helena best known as the original burial site of Napoleon Bonaparte, often referred to as the location of his tomb.
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D.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends journalism and fiction to reconstruct a foretold murder in a small Latin American town, exploring themes of honor, fate, and collective guilt.
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E.
The Kingdom of This World
The Kingdom of This World is a landmark novel by Alejo Carpentier that exemplifies the Latin American Boom’s blend of historical narrative and magical realism, depicting the Haitian Revolution through a richly baroque style.
- 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 Farming of Bones Target entity description: The Farming of Bones is a historical novel by Edwidge Danticat that explores the 1937 Parsley Massacre and its impact on Haitian immigrants in the Dominican Republic through a deeply personal, lyrical narrative.
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A.
Life in a Haitian Valley
Life in a Haitian Valley is a classic ethnographic study by anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits that examines Haitian rural life, culture, and African cultural survivals.
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B.
Men We Reaped
Men We Reaped is a memoir by Jesmyn Ward that reflects on the lives and deaths of five young Black men close to her in rural Mississippi, exploring themes of race, poverty, and grief.
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C.
Valley of the Geraniums
Valley of the Geraniums is a secluded valley on Saint Helena best known as the original burial site of Napoleon Bonaparte, often referred to as the location of his tomb.
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D.
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Chronicle of a Death Foretold is a short novel by Gabriel García Márquez that blends journalism and fiction to reconstruct a foretold murder in a small Latin American town, exploring themes of honor, fate, and collective guilt.
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E.
The Kingdom of This World
The Kingdom of This World is a landmark novel by Alejo Carpentier that exemplifies the Latin American Boom’s blend of historical narrative and magical realism, depicting the Haitian Revolution through a richly baroque style.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Edwidge Danticat ⓘ |
| awarded | American Book Award ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| exploresEvent | Trujillo regime’s persecution of Haitians ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Don Ignacio
ⓘ
linked to:
Ignacio
Sebastien Onius ⓘ Valencia ⓘ Yves ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Haitian migrant workers in the Dominican Republic ⓘ |
| genre |
Caribbean literature
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781569471265 ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
dreams and visions
ⓘ
language and pronunciation tests ⓘ water and drowning ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
border politics between Haiti and the Dominican Republic
ⓘ
collective memory of massacre ⓘ racial and ethnic identity ⓘ |
| includedIn |
syllabi for courses on Caribbean literature
ⓘ
syllabi for courses on postcolonial studies ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | lyrical prose ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
anti-Haitian violence in the Dominican Republic
ⓘ
love and loss ⓘ migration and displacement ⓘ state-sponsored violence ⓘ trauma and memory ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Amabelle Désir ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of the 1937 Parsley Massacre
ⓘ
interweaving personal and political histories ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 312 ⓘ |
| protagonist | Amabelle Désir ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| publisher | Soho Press ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Breath, Eyes, Memory
ⓘ
Krik? Krak! ⓘ |
| setInEvent | Parsley Massacre ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1937 ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Dominican Republic
ⓘ
Haiti ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
ⓘ
linked to:
National Book Critics Circle Award
|
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| titleAlludesTo | labor and suffering of sugarcane workers ⓘ |
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