Katherine Anne Porter
Author
Publisher
Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 39
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 186
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A complete volume of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author's short stories includes a selection of definitive essays as gathered from her 1952 collection, The Days Before, as well as additional works from her early and later years.