Did Oskar/Sam Really Exist?
Some authorities question whether Oskar/Sam's biography might be a "sea story", because, for example, there are pictures of two different cats identified as Oskar/Sam. The sinking of the Bismarck, and rescue of a limited number of survivors, took place in desperate conditions, British ships were ordered not to stop as there was believed to be a U-boat in the area and many human survivors were left to drown. There is no mention of this incident in Ludovic Kennedy's detailed account of the sinking.
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“So Sam enters the universe of sleep, a man who seeks to live in such a way as to avoid pain, and succeeds merely in avoiding pleasure. What a dreary compromise is life!”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)