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Life and a Half: A Novel

1979 novel by Sony Lab'ou Tansi
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Summary

Life and a Half: A Novel is a literary work[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: A Novel — author (P50): Sony Lab'ou Tansi[3]
  • Genre: A Novel — genre (P136): fiction literature[4]
  • Language of work or name: A Novel — language of work or name (P407): French[5]
  • Country of origin: A Novel — country of origin (P495): Democratic Republic of the Congo[6]
  • Publication date: 1979[7]
  • Has edition or translation: A Novel — has edition or translation (P747): Life and a Half: A Novel[8]
  • Main subject: A Novel — main subject (P921): war[9]
  • Nominated for: A Novel — nominated for (P1411): Florence Gould Foundation and French-American Foundation Translation Prize[10]
  • Title: La vie et demie[11]
  • Form of creative work: A Novel — form of creative work (P7937): novel[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . goodreads.com. goodreads.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Maxlath · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edition or translation of → —
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Edition or translation of: Life and a Half: A Novel, remove self-referencing P629 claim ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/7cecc8b9009d78/|details]])"
  2. 15d ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'La vie et demie'}
    Main subject → war
    Described at url → —
    Edition or translation of → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Edition or translation of: Life and a Half: A Novel, adding inverse claim"
  3. 15d ago · BarryFemo · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 1
    Described at url → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['fr']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://www.themodernnovel.org/africa/other-africa/congo-democratic-republic-of/tansi/life-and-a-half/"
  4. 18w ago · InventaireBot bot · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Form of creative work → novel
    Wikidata description → 1979 novel by Sony Lab'ou Tansi
    Publication date → +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Imported from → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-add:0||2 */ add claims: P268, P648"
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