'Ein Landzart' written winter 1916/1917.Opening: I was in a most awkward predicament: I needed to leave at once on an urgent journey; a seriously ill patient was waiting for me in a village ten miles away; a heavy snowstorm filled the wide interval between him and me; I had a carriage, light with la...
Dodgy NarratorThe Judgement: (Das Urteil) Written night of Sept 22/23 1912 and first published in the annual magazine 'Arkadia', Leipzig 1913. First book publication, Kurt Wolff Verlag, lepzig, 1916)Opening: It was on a Sunday morning in the loveliest part of the spring, Georg Bendemann, a young mer...
My Review: I had several reasons for wanting to read this book, besides always wanting to read a book written by Franz Kafka, I’ve seen the movie of The Trial and want to compare them to each other. If you’ve ever seen an Orson Welles movie you will understand how intrigued I was to see if what Orso...
A page from Kafka's manuscript of 'The Castle'Publisher's NoteTranslator's Preface & Notes--The CastleAppendix:Afterword to the German Critical Edition, by Malcolm PasleyThe Life of Franz KafkaBibliography
A page from Kafka's manuscript of 'The Castle'Publisher's NoteTranslator's Preface & Notes--The CastleAppendix:Afterword to the German Critical Edition, by Malcolm PasleyThe Life of Franz KafkaBibliography
First page of Kafka's manuscript of 'The Trial'Publisher's NoteTranslator's Preface--The TrialFragments:B.'s FriendPublic ProsecutorTo ElsaStruggle with the Vice PresidentThe BuildingJourney to His MotherThe Life of Franz KafkaBibliography
First page of Kafka's manuscript of 'The Trial'Publisher's NoteTranslator's Preface--The TrialFragments:B.'s FriendPublic ProsecutorTo ElsaStruggle with the Vice PresidentThe BuildingJourney to His MotherThe Life of Franz KafkaBibliography
I just visited the Franz Kafka Museum in Prague and highly recommend it to anyone in the area. I've read Metamorphoses and enjoyed it, but after learning more about his life and other works I am definitely interested in reading more.
Reading this book felt like being an observer to someone's bizarre dream, or rather nightmare. Josef K wakes up one day to find that he is under arrest for an unspecified crime. He is allowed to stay at home while he awaits his trial. What follows is a surreal story that follows Josef through the...
There was a news article today suggesting that two thirds of people questioned lie about the books they have read to appear more sophisticated, so how do you know I'm telling the truth... This was somewhat strange. It's never quite clear what is true and what isn't. Everything is open to interpretat...
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