How It Is

1961 novel by Samuel Beckett
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How It Is

Summary

How It Is is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • How It Is authored Samuel Beckett[3].
  • How It Is's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • How It Is's movement is recorded as Nouveau Roman[5].
  • How It Is's language of work or name is recorded as French[6].
  • How It Is's country of origin is recorded as France[7].
  • How It Is's publication date is recorded as +1961-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • How It Is's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06q4b2[9].
  • How It Is's Open Library ID is recorded as OL8369520W[10].
  • How It Is's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 1069917[11].
  • How It Is's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "Comment c'est"}[12].
  • How It Is's form of creative work is recorded as novel[13].
  • How It Is's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 2291579[14].

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Works and Contributions

How It Is authored Samuel Beckett[3].

Why It Matters

How It Is ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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