The Shadow Girls
E680314
The Shadow Girls is a socially conscious novel by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell that follows an aging poet whose life is upended when he becomes involved with three young refugee women in contemporary Sweden.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Shadow Girls canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7651912 — 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: The Shadow Girls Context triple: [Henning Mankell, notableWork, The Shadow Girls]
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A.
Shade, the Changing Girl
Shade, the Changing Girl is a surreal DC Comics/Young Animal series following an alien who steals the Madness Vest and inhabits the body of a comatose teenage girl, exploring identity, trauma, and reality-bending chaos.
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B.
The Woman Who Owned the Shadows
The Woman Who Owned the Shadows is a novel by Paula Gunn Allen that explores Native American identity, feminism, and spirituality through the story of a mixed-heritage Laguna Pueblo woman.
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C.
The Shadow Sister
The Shadow Sister is a bestselling historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley, part of her popular Seven Sisters series that intertwines contemporary family drama with richly researched past lives.
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D.
Shadows of the Night
"Shadows of the Night" is a 1982 rock song by Pat Benatar that became one of her signature hits and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
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E.
The Shadow Waltz
"The Shadow Waltz" is a memorable musical number from the 1933 Warner Bros. film *Gold Diggers of 1933*, noted for its elaborate choreography and use of neon-lit violins.
- 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 Shadow Girls Target entity description: The Shadow Girls is a socially conscious novel by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell that follows an aging poet whose life is upended when he becomes involved with three young refugee women in contemporary Sweden.
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A.
Shade, the Changing Girl
Shade, the Changing Girl is a surreal DC Comics/Young Animal series following an alien who steals the Madness Vest and inhabits the body of a comatose teenage girl, exploring identity, trauma, and reality-bending chaos.
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B.
The Woman Who Owned the Shadows
The Woman Who Owned the Shadows is a novel by Paula Gunn Allen that explores Native American identity, feminism, and spirituality through the story of a mixed-heritage Laguna Pueblo woman.
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C.
The Shadow Sister
The Shadow Sister is a bestselling historical fiction novel by Lucinda Riley, part of her popular Seven Sisters series that intertwines contemporary family drama with richly researched past lives.
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D.
Shadows of the Night
"Shadows of the Night" is a 1982 rock song by Pat Benatar that became one of her signature hits and earned her a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
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E.
The Shadow Waltz
"The Shadow Waltz" is a memorable musical number from the 1933 Warner Bros. film *Gold Diggers of 1933*, noted for its elaborate choreography and use of neon-lit violins.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Henning Mankell ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Sweden ⓘ |
| creator | Henning Mankell ⓘ |
| follows | an aging poet whose life is upended when he becomes involved with three young refugee women ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary fiction
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political fiction ⓘ social novel ⓘ socially conscious fiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter | three young refugee women ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
life of an aging poet
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multiculturalism in Sweden ⓘ refugee experience in Sweden ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Swedish ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | aging poet ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Swedish ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Sweden ⓘ |
| settingTime |
contemporary Sweden
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linked to:
Sweden
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| theme |
European immigration policy
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cultural integration ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ racism ⓘ refugees ⓘ social injustice ⓘ xenophobia ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Henning Mankell ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Shadow Girls Description of subject: The Shadow Girls is a socially conscious novel by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell that follows an aging poet whose life is upended when he becomes involved with three young refugee women in contemporary Sweden.
Referenced by (1)
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