L’Arrache-cœur
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L’Arrache-cœur is a surreal, satirical novel by French writer Boris Vian that explores themes of freedom, conformity, and psychological anguish in a bizarre, dreamlike village.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| L’Arrache-cœur canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10205438 — 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: L’Arrache-cœur Context triple: [Boris Vian, notableWork, L’Arrache-cœur]
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A.
Le Crève-Cœur
Le Crève-Cœur is a celebrated poetry collection by French writer Louis Aragon, known for its lyrical exploration of love, loss, and resistance during World War II.
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B.
Le Feu
Le Feu is a seminal anti-war novel by Henri Barbusse that vividly depicts the grim realities of French soldiers’ experiences in the trenches during World War I.
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C.
A coeur fendre
"A coeur fendre" is a song by French singer Alizée from her 2010 album "Une enfant du siècle," reflecting the record’s more mature, electro-pop style.
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D.
Le Dard
Le Dard is a philosophical drama by French existentialist thinker Gabriel Marcel that explores themes of human suffering, freedom, and spiritual transcendence.
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E.
La Chevelure
La Chevelure is a poem by Charles Baudelaire, celebrated for its sensual evocation of a lover’s hair and often associated with his muse Jeanne Duval.
- 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: L’Arrache-cœur Target entity description: L’Arrache-cœur is a surreal, satirical novel by French writer Boris Vian that explores themes of freedom, conformity, and psychological anguish in a bizarre, dreamlike village.
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A.
Le Crève-Cœur
Le Crève-Cœur is a celebrated poetry collection by French writer Louis Aragon, known for its lyrical exploration of love, loss, and resistance during World War II.
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B.
Le Feu
Le Feu is a seminal anti-war novel by Henri Barbusse that vividly depicts the grim realities of French soldiers’ experiences in the trenches during World War I.
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C.
A coeur fendre
"A coeur fendre" is a song by French singer Alizée from her 2010 album "Une enfant du siècle," reflecting the record’s more mature, electro-pop style.
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D.
Le Dard
Le Dard is a philosophical drama by French existentialist thinker Gabriel Marcel that explores themes of human suffering, freedom, and spiritual transcendence.
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E.
La Chevelure
La Chevelure is a poem by Charles Baudelaire, celebrated for its sensual evocation of a lover’s hair and often associated with his muse Jeanne Duval.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ surrealist novel ⓘ |
| author | Boris Vian ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| explores |
fear and anxiety
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parenthood ⓘ social control ⓘ |
| follows | L’Herbe rouge ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological fiction
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satire ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
childhood
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institutional power ⓘ madness ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
family relationships
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individual versus society ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | Heartsnatcher ⓘ |
| languageRegister | colloquial and inventive French ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | absurdist literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Clémentine
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Jacquemort ⓘ the triplet sons of Clémentine ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
its bizarre village setting
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its critique of social norms ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalTitle | L’Arrache-cœur ⓘ |
| partOf | Boris Vian’s prose works ⓘ |
| periodOfPublication | post-World War II literature ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| publisher | Éditions du Scorpion ⓘ |
| setting | a bizarre dreamlike village ⓘ |
| style |
dreamlike imagery
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experimental prose ⓘ |
| theme |
conformity
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freedom ⓘ psychological anguish ⓘ |
| tone | darkly comic ⓘ |
| translator | Stanley Chapman ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: L’Arrache-cœur Description of subject: L’Arrache-cœur is a surreal, satirical novel by French writer Boris Vian that explores themes of freedom, conformity, and psychological anguish in a bizarre, dreamlike village.
Referenced by (2)
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