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The Tale of the Unknown Island

1997 short story by José Saramago
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The Tale of the Unknown Island

Summary

The Tale of the Unknown Island is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Tale of the Unknown Island authored José Saramago[3].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's instance of is recorded as written work[4].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's publisher is recorded as Random House[5].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's publisher is recorded as Harcourt[6].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 184913663[7].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's OCLC number is recorded as 245708785[8].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2011168424[9].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's language of work or name is recorded as Portuguese[10].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's country of origin is recorded as Portugal[11].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's publication date is recorded as +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05myg5t[13].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's Open Library ID is recorded as OL438612M[14].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's translator is recorded as Margaret Jull Costa[15].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's has edition or translation is recorded as Q126720125[16].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 3773653[17].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's ISFDB title ID is recorded as 839769[18].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's title is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'O Conto da Ilha Desconhecida'}[19].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's FantLab work ID is recorded as 106623[20].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's form of creative work is recorded as short story[21].
  • The Tale of the Unknown Island's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 520855[22].

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Designation and Status

The Tale of the Unknown Island's instance of is recorded as written work[4].

Why It Matters

The Tale of the Unknown Island ranks in the top 8% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Related Entities

José Saramago Portugal

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Goodreads. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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