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Ship of Fools

The story takes place in the summer of 1931, on board a cruise ship bound for Bremerhaven, Germany. The passenger list is long and portentous, and includes a Spanish noblewoman, a drunken German lawyer, an American divorcee, a pair of Mexican Catholic priests, and a host of others. This "ship of fools" is a crucible of intense experience, out of which everyone emerges forever changed.

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  • "Ship of fools"
  • "Ship of fools"@it
  • "Das Narrenschiff"
  • "Ship of Fools"

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  • "The story takes place in the summer of 1931, on board a cruise ship bound for Bremerhaven, Germany. The passenger list is long and portentous, and includes a Spanish noblewoman, a drunken German lawyer, an American divorcee, a pair of Mexican Catholic priests, and a host of others. This "ship of fools" is a crucible of intense experience, out of which everyone emerges forever changed."@en
  • "Katherine Anne Porter’s first and only novel is a masterful allegory of the passions and prejudices that sparked World War II August 1931. An ocean liner bound for Germany sets out from the Mexican port city of Veracruz. The ship’s first-class passengers include an idealistic young American painter and her lover; a Spanish dance troupe with a sideline in larceny; an elderly German couple and their fat, seasick bulldog; and a boisterous band of Cuban medical students. As the Vera journeys across the Atlantic, the incidents and intrigues of several dozen passengers and crew members come into razor-sharp focus. The result is a richly drawn portrait of the human condition in all its complexity and a mesmerizing snapshot of a world drifting toward disaster. 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 than a half century ago. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Katherine Anne Porter, including rare photos from the University of Maryland Libraries."@en
  • "The story takes place in the summer of 1931, on board a cruise ship bound for Bremerhaven, Germany. The passenger list is long and portentous, and includes a Spanish noblewoman, a drunken German lawyer, an American divorcee, a pair of Mexican Catholic priests, and a host of others. 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, cultural and ethnic pride, and basic human frailty that are as relevant now as they were when the novel first appeared in 1962. --Amazon.com."@en
  • "The 48 first-class passengers and the 900 Spaniards in steerage on a passenger-freighter crossing from Mexico to Germany in 1931 are traveling on a voyage of life."
  • "The 48 first-class passengers and the 900 Spaniards in steerage on a passenger-freighter crossing from Mexico to Germany in 1931 are traveling on a voyage of life."@en
  • "A novel recounting the lives and actions of the passengers on a ship en route from Mexico to Germany in 1931."@en

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Psychological fiction"
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Powieść psychologiczna amerykańska"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Allegories"@en
  • "Allegories"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Translations"
  • "Erzählende Literatur"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Roman américain"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Verhalend proza"

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  • "A nave dos loucos"
  • "Ship of Fools"@ca
  • "Ship of Fools"@en
  • "Ship of Fools"
  • "Narrenes skip"
  • "Das Narrenschiff : Roman"
  • "Bolondok hajója. (Ship of fools). Regény. (Ford. Róna Ilona)"@hu
  • "Nave del mal = Ship of fools"
  • "To ploio tōn trellōn"
  • "La nave del mar"@es
  • "Bolondok hajója"@hu
  • "Bolondok hajója"
  • "Das Narrenschiff Roman"
  • "Das narrenschiff"
  • "La nave de los locos"@es
  • "La nave de los locos"
  • "La Nave de los locos"
  • "Brod budala"
  • "La nave dei folli"@it
  • "Ship of fools : a novel"
  • "La nave dei folli"
  • "Ship of fools. [1st ed.]"
  • "Narrilaiva : Romaani"@fi
  • "Korablʹ durakov : roman"
  • "Narreskibet / (Overs. fra amerikansk efter "Ship of fools")"@da
  • "A nau dos insensatos"
  • "Ship of fools : screenplay"@en
  • "Narreskibet"@da
  • "Narreskibet"
  • "La Nef des fous, roman"
  • "La nef des fous : roman"
  • "Corabia nebunilor"
  • "Bolondok hajója : regény"
  • "Ship of fools"
  • "Ship of fools"@en
  • "La Nef des fous : roman"
  • "Lod ̕bláznov"
  • "Ship of Fools. [A novel.]"
  • "Ship of Fools. [A novel.]"@en
  • "La nave del mal"
  • "La nave del mal"@es
  • "SHIP OF FOOLS"
  • "La nef des fous"
  • "Narrenes skip : roman"
  • "Narrilaiva : romaani"
  • "Korabelʹ bezumt︠s︡iv : roman"
  • "Das Narrenschiff [Ship of fools]. Roman. [Aus dem Amerikanischen übertr...]"
  • "Bolondok hajójá : regény"
  • "Das Narrenschiff"
  • "La Nef des fous : ["Ship of fools"], roman traduit de l'anglais par Marcelle Sibon"
  • "Ladja norcev"
  • "Das Narrenschiff [Hauptbd.]"
  • "Ship of fools : [novel]"
  • "Nave dei folli"
  • "Het narrenschip"

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