Ship of Fools (Porter)

…After that, he mainly used short stories as his medium of expression, and published works such as “Midday Drink” (1937), which depicts a murder case set in Texas and the psychology of the people involved, “Phantom Horse, Phantom Rider” (1939), which deals with the love and death of a young girl and a soldier during World War I, and “Men of the Past” (1939), which has strong autobiographical overtones. “Ship of Fools” (1962) depicts various human relationships on a passenger ship traveling from Mexico to Germany, set in the period just before the rise of Hitler. Other works include a collection of essays, “Days Gone By” (1952). …

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…以後短編をおもな表現手段として，テキサスを舞台にした殺人事件とそれをめぐる人々の心理を描く《真昼の酒》(1937)，第1次大戦中の若い娘と兵士の愛と死を扱った《幻の馬，幻の騎手》(1939)，自伝的色彩の強い《過去の人々》(1939)などを発表。《愚者の船》(1962)では，ヒトラー台頭直前の時代を背景に，メキシコからドイツに向かう客船上のさまざまな人間模様を描いた。ほかに評論集《過ぎ去った日々》(1952)など。…

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