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• The Cares of a Family Man — ( Die Sorge des Hausvaters ) is a short story by Franz Kafka which deals mostly with a small creature called Odradek. The creature has drawn the attention of many philosophers and literary critics, who have all attempted to interpret its meaning …   Wikipedia

• Odradek — is an imaginary creature that appears in the short story The Cares of a Family Man by Franz Kafka. Physically Odradek is described to look as a flat star shaped spool for thread with some other odd attachments.Later on the story, Kafka gives… …   Wikipedia

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• Wim Delvoye — (born 1965 in Wervik, West Flanders) is a Belgian neo conceptual artist known for his inventive and often shocking projects. Much of his work is focused on the body. He repeatedly links the attractive with the repulsive, creating work that holds… …   Wikipedia

• Cultural references to pigs — Painting of Saint Anthony with pig in background by Piero di Cosimo c. 1480 Pigs have inspired many idioms, and are frequently referenced in culture. They have become synonymous with several negative attributes, especially greed, gluttony, and… …   Wikipedia

• What I Did Last Summer — is a play by the American playwright, A.R. Gurney.The play is about a fourteen year old boy named Charlie Higgins whose father is off fighting the Japanese in World War II and who is living on lake Eerie for the summer. His best friend is a… …   Wikipedia

• frippery — frip|pe|ry [ˈfrıpəri] n plural fripperies [C usually plural] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: friperie old clothes or pieces of cloth , from Medieval Latin faluppa piece of dried grass ] an unnecessary and useless object or decoration …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cast aside — PHRASAL VERB If you cast aside someone or something, you get rid of them because they are no longer necessary or useful to you. [V P n (not pron)] Sweden needs to cast aside outdated policies and thinking... [V P n (not pron)] The Princess was… …   English dictionary

• a fifth wheel — a useless object, an unnecessary device    The team already had two guards, so I felt like a fifth wheel …   English idioms