My first time reading Kafka...I loved the experience. Brilliant stories.Metamorphosis ****The Hunger Artist *****A Country Doctor ****In the Penal Colony *****Devlin
As soon as I became aware of this book's existence I bought it and it will get five stars even as I have only read a few pages. Wow! A new translation of A Description of a Struggle - this is incredible... It's just so good that a book like this has been published by the small 'Sun Vision Press' (al...
I listened to this story being read by [a:Hanif Kureishi|13081|Hanif Kureishi|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1294513915p2/13081.jpg] on one of The Guardian's short stories podcasts. While I wished there was a bit more analysis and discussion, the story itself was fantastic. I think I'd like to read ...
This book was typical of Kafka - fairly depressing. The philosophical message (it seems to me) that Kafka is trying to convey is the futility and pointlessness of everything. It's best summed up with Herr K.'s conversation with the priest "'No,' said the priest,'you don't have to consider everyth...
To my mind Kafka's short stories are the peak of his writing and probably the best collection of short stories ever written. There is quite a bit here and the majority of them are unfinished. As well as the famous works there are myriad hidden gems here. This is the place to start with Kafka, the...
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