The protagonist of this man's first novel chases his naked father around a billiard table in an attempt to bludgeon him to death with iron dumbells only to relent once he catches him. This author explored his religious heritage in Embezzled Heaven and Hearken unto the Voice, while this man's dramatic subjects include the Emperor Maximilian and the apostle Paul. Better-known plays by this author include an adaptation of The Trojan Women and a play in which vagabonds deify the malformed son of Ste
The protagonist of this man's first novel chases his naked father around a billiard table in an attempt to bludgeon him to death with iron dumbells only to relent once he catches him. This author explored his religious heritage in Embezzled Heaven and Hearken unto the Voice, while this man's dramatic subjects include the Emperor Maximilian and the apostle Paul. Better-known plays by this author include an adaptation of The Trojan Women and a play in which vagabonds deify the malformed son of Stevan Milic, Goat Song. This author fictionalized himself as Arthur Englander in The Pure of Heart, but he is better known for characters like Gabriel Bagradian and a girl who has a religious vision in the Grotto of Massabielle, Bernadette. For 10 points, name this Austrian author of The Forty Days of Musa Dagh.
The protagonist of this man's first novel chases his naked father around a billiard table in an attempt to bludgeon him to death with iron dumbells only to relent once he catches him.
Franz Werfel