The Namesake

novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
VisualArtwork literary_work Q7753070
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The Namesake

Summary

The Namesake is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (428 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Namesake authored Jhumpa Lahiri[3].
  • The Namesake's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Namesake's publisher is recorded as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt[5].
  • The Namesake's based on is recorded as Q137397122[6].
  • The Namesake's follows is recorded as Interpreter of Maladies[7].
  • The Namesake's followed by is recorded as Unaccustomed Earth[8].
  • The Namesake's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 207953409[9].
  • The Namesake's GND ID is recorded as 7575990-1[10].
  • The Namesake's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 165273463[11].
  • The Namesake's IdRef ID is recorded as 155940694[12].
  • The Namesake's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • The Namesake's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • The Namesake's publication date is recorded as +2003-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • The Namesake's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/076_r8[16].
  • The Namesake's cover art by is recorded as Philippe Lardy[17].
  • The Namesake's narrative location is recorded as New York City[18].
  • The Namesake's narrative location is recorded as Boston[19].
  • The Namesake's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Namesake-The[20].
  • The Namesake's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Namesake'}[21].
  • The Namesake's has characteristic is recorded as debut novel[22].
  • The Namesake's derivative work is recorded as The Namesake[23].
  • The Namesake's OCLC work ID is recorded as 363107[24].
  • The Namesake's epigraph is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The reader should realize himself that it could not have happened otherwise, and that to give him any other name was quite out of the question.'}[25].
  • The Namesake's National Library of Poland MMS ID is recorded as 9810574291405606[26].
  • The Namesake's FantLab work ID is recorded as 407620[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

The Namesake authored Jhumpa Lahiri[3].

Why It Matters

The Namesake ranks in the top 3% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (428 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . newyorker.com. Retrieved . newyorker.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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