Ship of fools
(Book)
Published
Boston ; Little, Brown and Company, [1962].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
0316713902, 9780316713900
Physical Desc
497 pages ; 22 cm
Status
East Greenwich - Adult Fiction
FIC Por
1 available
FIC Por
1 available
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Published
Boston ; Little, Brown and Company, [1962].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
0316713902, 9780316713900
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.8, 39 Points
Level 7.8, 39 Points
Notes
General Note
"An Atlantic Monthly Press book"
Description
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 theme of the novel is the passengers' unavailing withdrawal from a life of disappointment, seeking a kind of utopia, and, "without knowing what to do next", setting out for a long voyage to pre-World War II Europe, a world of prejudice, racism and evil. Mrs. Treadwell, a nostalgic American divorcée, hopes to find happiness in Paris, where she once spent her youth. Elsa Lutz, the plain daughter of a Swiss hotelkeeper, thinks heaven might be in the Isle of Wight. Jenny, an artist, says the most dangerous and happiest moment in her life was when she was swimming alone in the Gulf of Mexico, confronted with a school of dolphins. And at the end of the novel, one of the ship's musicians, a gangly starving boy, feels overjoyed to finally be off the ship and back in his home country, as if Germany were a "human being, a good and dear trusted friend who had come a long way to welcome him". Thus Porter manages to convey that salvation is reality, and evil can be overcome.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Porter, K. A. (1962). Ship of fools (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. 1962. Ship of Fools. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980. Ship of Fools Little, Brown and Company, 1962.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Porter, Katherine Anne. Ship of Fools First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 1962.
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