"K" in Literature by HensleyB

The novel "Roots" tells the story of what semi-fictional Gambian man who was captured and sold into slavery in the late 18th century?

2007's "A Thousand Splendid Suns," described as a "mother-daughter" story, was the author's second novel following what best-selling 2003 debut described as a "father-son" story?

"The Painted Bird," which tells of a young boy's wanderings and struggle for survival in Eastern Europe during World War II, is a work of what controversial author who was dogged by accusations of plagiarism and use of ghostwriters?

"He sat, in defiance of municipal orders, astride the gun Zam Zammah on her brick platform opposite the old Ajaib-Gher—the Wonder House, as the natives call the Lahore Museum. Who hold Zam-Zammah, that 'fire-breathing dragon', hold the Punjab, for the great green-bronze piece is always first of the conqueror's loot."

So begins what novel?

Associated with Old Norse sagas, what word refers to a figurative phrase that replaces a concrete noun, such as "battle-sweat" for blood or "sea-steed" for ship?

Having one act and requiring a single actor, what play takes place on the 69th birthday of the title character, although his 39 year-old self provides most of the play's dialogue?

Charlie Gordon, who undergoes an experimental procedure that temporarily increases his IQ from 68 to 185, is a character created by what author?

The fictional logging town of Wakonda, Oregon is at the center of what author's "Sometimes a Great Notion"?

The cimbalom-playing Alexis Zorba's friendship with the narrator forms the basis of a novel by what author?

"The Poisonwood Bible," which tells of an American missionary family that moves to the Belgian Congo in 1959, is a work of what author?

Conversations between the prisoners Molina and Valentín form the basis of what 1976 novel noted for its lack of narrative voice?

The couple Tomáš and Tereza are killed in a car accident near the end of a novel by what author?