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Solar

novel by Ian McEwan
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Solar

Summary

Solar is a literary work[1]. Solar ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Solar authored Ian McEwan[3].
  • Solar's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Solar was published by Random House[5].
  • Solar's genre is satirical fiction[6].
  • Solar's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • Solar's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Solar was released on March 18, 2010[9].
  • Solar's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126705466[10].
  • Solar's has edition or translation is recorded as Solar[11].
  • Solar's narrative location is recorded as Berkshire[12].
  • Solar's described at URL is recorded as https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/books/review/Kirn-t.html[13].
  • Solar's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Solar'}[14].
  • Solar's form of creative work is recorded as novel[15].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Solar authored Ian McEwan[3]. Solar was published by Random House[5].

Publication

Solar was published on March 18, 2010[9]. Solar's language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Solar's genre is satirical fiction[6].

Why It Matters

Solar ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (93 views/month).[2] Solar has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Ian McEwan literary work United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Peter James · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author → Ian McEwan
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    Publisher → Random House
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