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Ship of Fools, a novel by Katherine Anne Porter, was published in 1962 on April 1 (April Fools' Day). It is the tale of a group of disparate characters, from several different countries and backgrounds, who sail from Mexico to Germany aboard a mixed freighter and passenger ship.
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Ship of Fools is a 1962 novel by Katherine Anne Porter, telling the tale of a group of disparate characters sailing from Mexico to Europe aboard a German passenger ship. The large cast of characters includes Germans, Mexicans, Americans, Spaniards, a group of Cuban medical students, a Swiss family, and a Swede.
- Katherine Anne Porter
- United States
- 1962
- 1962
30 mag 1984 · The classic bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize winner dramatizes the rise of totalitarianism in the 1930s in a sweeping story of a transatlantic cruise featuring a cast of unforgettable characters, The story takes place in the summer of 1931, on board a cruise ship bound for Germany.
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- Katherine Anne Porter
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Ship of Fools, novel by Katherine Anne Porter, published in 1962. Porter used as a framework Das Narrenschiff (1494; The Ship of Fools), by Sebastian Brant, a satire in which the world is likened to a ship whose passengers, fools and deranged people all, are sailing toward eternity. Porter’s novel.
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4 mar 2015 · The ship in Katherine Anne Porter’s novel is the Vera a German vessel carrying both passengers and freight from Veracruz to Bremerhaven, via Spain, in the autumn of 1931. Many of the passengers are German, returning home after years of self-imposed exile in Mexico. Cast of characters.
This ship of fools is a crucible of intense experience, out of which everyone emerges forever changed. Rich in incident, passion, and treachery, the novel explores themes of nationalism,...
28 apr 2015 · Ship of Fools: A Novel Kindle Edition. by Katherine Anne Porter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 643. See all formats and editions. This “dazzling” National Book Award finalist set aboard an ocean liner in 1931 reflects the passions and prejudices that sparked World War II (San Francisco Chronicle). August 1931.
- Katherine Anne Porter
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