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Ship of Fools. 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
- 1962
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. In her note prefacing the novel Porter notes that :
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Apr 28, 2015 · Written over a span of twenty years and based on the diary Katherine Anne Porter kept during a similar ocean voyage, Ship of Fools was the bestselling novel of 1962 and the inspiration for an Academy Award–winning film starring Vivien Leigh. It is a masterpiece of American literature as captivating today as when it was first published more ...
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- Katherine Anne Porter
Each character in “Ship of Fools” undergoes a journey of self-discovery, forced to confront their own flaws, desires, and the broader societal issues reflected in the microcosm of the ship. Katherine Anne Porter uses these characters to delve into themes of isolation, desire, and moral ambiguity, making “Ship of Fools” a profound ...
May 30, 1984 · Paperback – May 30, 1984. The story takes place in the summer of 1931, on board a cruise ship bound for Germany. Passengers include a Spanish noblewoman, a drunken German lawyer, an American divorcee, a pair of Mexican Catholic priests. This ship of fools is a crucible of intense experience, out of which everyone emerges forever changed.
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- Katherine Anne Porter
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- Back Bay Books
Mar 4, 2015 · Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter (1962) Ship of Fools by noted American short story master and novelist (1890 – 1980) was published in 1962. The sprawling novel took her more than twenty years to write and was highly anticipated by critics and readers alike. Though critical opinions were mixed, it was the best-selling novel of her ...
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 is set in 1931 aboard a German passenger ...
