When authors give shout outs to other great works, people, and events, it's usually not accidental. Put on your super-sleuth hat and figure out why.
Literary and Philosophical References
- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina: "All happy families resemble one another" (1.97)
- James Joyce, Ulysses: "Stately plump Buck Mulligan" (1.97)
- James Joyce, Ulysses: "Ineluctable modality of the visible: at least that" (1.97)
- Isaac Babel (2.1, 6.13, 6.17-19, 6.22)
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (2.37, 5.22, 13.32)
- Nicanor Parra (2.49, 5.22)
- Jorge Luis Borges (3.11)
- Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (3.11, 7.42bb)
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (3.11)
- William Shakespeare (3.11)
- Bruno Schulz: The Street of Crocodiles (5.20, 13.10)
- Franz Kafka (6.23-26)
- Leo Tolstoy (6.27)
- James Joyce, Ulysses: "There's nothing like a kiss long and hot down to your soul almost paralyzes you" (7.13)
- Pablo Neruda (9.17)
- Rubén Darío (9.17)
Historical References
- Emanuel Ringelbaum (2.1)
- Emanuel Feuermann (2.1)
- Alberto Giacometti (2.23, 7.2)
- Tenzing Norgay (2.37)
- Sir Edmund Hillary (2.37)
- Erasmus Darwin (2.43)
- Antonín Dvořák: "Songs My Mother Taught Me" (7.57, 7.70)
- Henri Matisse (7.61)
- Calude Monet (7.61)
- Amedeo Mondigliani (7.61)
- Arthur Rubenstein (7.69)
- Alberto Santos-Dumont (9.10)
- Rembrandt (11.23, 11.31)
Pop Culture References
- The Beatles: "Birthday," "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," Here Comes the Sun" (5.10)
- Antonín Dvořák: "Songs My Mother Taught Me" (7.67)
- North by Northwest (8.28, 8.51)
- Eva Saint Marie (8.28)
- Cary Grant (8.28)
- The Beatles (10.11, 13.24)
- The Rolling Stones (10.11)
- Bob Dylan: "Lay, Lady, Lay" (10.11)
- The Sex Pistols (13.25)