How old is Joseph K. in Kafka’s The Trial (1925)?
The bank employee Joseph K. is arrested for no apparent reason on his thirtieth birthday Kafka’s The Trial.
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What classical writer told the story of Jason and the Argonauts?
The most complete treatment is the Argonautica by third-century poet Apollonius of Rhodes.
In what language does Carlos Fuentes write?
Mexico’s best-known author Carlos Fuentes (The Death of Artemio Cruz, 1962; The Old Gringo, 1985) first began writing in English, but has since switched to his native language, Spanish.
When is Bloomsday?
Bloomsday, the date on which James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922) is set, is June 16, 1904.
What won Charles Lindbergh the Pulitzer Prize?
The transatlantic flier and isolationist won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 for his autobiography, The Spirit of St. Louis. The book was made into a movie starring James Stewart in 1957.
Was Sinbad the Sailor an Arabian?
Sinbad the Sailor was an Iraqi, a merchant shipwrecked after setting sail from Basra, now Iraq. The story of his seven voyages is told in The Thousand and One Nights.
Why does Bluebeard kill his wives?
Bluebeard, the title character of Charles Perrault’s story “Barbebleue” (1697) kills his wives for looking into the locked room where he stores the corpses of other disobedient wives. His final wife, however, escapes Bluebeard’s punishment.