masterpiece

John Irving’s fourth novel, about a man, born out of wedlock to a feminist leader, who grows up to be a writer

The Greek Passion

The Greek Passion, or Christ Recrucified (Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται, ‘Christ is Recrucified’) is a 1954 novel by Nikos Kazantzakis.

Placename, ultimately named for businessman John Jacob Astor , in the 1840s the wealthiest person in the United States and, as a hotel name, his great-grandson William Waldorf Astor .
The name was first used for Fort Astoria, built in 1811 at the mouth of the Columbia River for John Jacob Astor’s Pacific Fur Company.