Stories (short story collection, 1992)
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Stories (short story collection, 1992) is a compilation of short fiction by American author T.C. Boyle that showcases his darkly comic, satirical, and stylistically inventive storytelling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Stories (short story collection, 1992) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10091740 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Stories (short story collection, 1992) Context triple: [T.C. Boyle, notableWork, Stories (short story collection, 1992)]
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A.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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B.
The Wide Net and Other Stories
The Wide Net and Other Stories is a 1943 collection of short fiction by American author Eudora Welty that showcases her lyrical prose and vivid portrayals of life in the American South.
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C.
The Package and Other Stories
The Package and Other Stories is a science fiction short story collection by American writer and psychiatrist Janet Opal Jeppson (also known as Janet Asimov).
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D.
The First Person and Other Stories
The First Person and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that showcases her inventive, playful prose and explorations of identity, relationships, and narrative form.
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E.
Last Stories and Other Stories
Last Stories and Other Stories is a 2014 collection of dark, genre-blending short fiction by William T. Vollmann that explores themes of death, love, and the supernatural.
- 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: Stories (short story collection, 1992) Target entity description: Stories (short story collection, 1992) is a compilation of short fiction by American author T.C. Boyle that showcases his darkly comic, satirical, and stylistically inventive storytelling.
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A.
Nine Stories
Nine Stories is a celebrated collection of short stories by J. D. Salinger that explores themes of innocence, trauma, and spiritual longing through understated, character-driven narratives.
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B.
The Wide Net and Other Stories
The Wide Net and Other Stories is a 1943 collection of short fiction by American author Eudora Welty that showcases her lyrical prose and vivid portrayals of life in the American South.
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C.
The Package and Other Stories
The Package and Other Stories is a science fiction short story collection by American writer and psychiatrist Janet Opal Jeppson (also known as Janet Asimov).
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D.
The First Person and Other Stories
The First Person and Other Stories is a short story collection by Scottish author Ali Smith that showcases her inventive, playful prose and explorations of identity, relationships, and narrative form.
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E.
Last Stories and Other Stories
Last Stories and Other Stories is a 2014 collection of dark, genre-blending short fiction by William T. Vollmann that explores themes of death, love, and the supernatural.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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short story collection ⓘ |
| author |
T. C. Boyle
ⓘ
linked to:
T.C. Boyle
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| authorFullName | Thomas Coraghessan Boyle ⓘ |
| authorNationality | American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| creator |
T. C. Boyle
ⓘ
linked to:
T.C. Boyle
|
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| hasAuthorGender | male ⓘ |
| hasForm |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| hasPart | short stories ⓘ |
| isFictional | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
darkly comic
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satirical ⓘ stylistically inventive ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| workOf |
T. C. Boyle
ⓘ
linked to:
T.C. Boyle
|
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Subject: Stories (short story collection, 1992) Description of subject: Stories (short story collection, 1992) is a compilation of short fiction by American author T.C. Boyle that showcases his darkly comic, satirical, and stylistically inventive storytelling.
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